soccer mom

Image via WikipediaGrowing up, it never dawned on me that I'd become a soccer mom. But here I am, and it's a lot of fun. The whole program is run by volunteers, all parents of the players, and I volunteer for their board of directors. What's so great about youth sports programs is that they just keep going, no matter what.

The economy is going to pieces, the upcoming presidential election has taken over the news every night. But on Saturdays, the kids get together to play soccer and the parents coach and cheer them on, and nothing interrupts this wonderful town tradition that goes on in cities and towns all across the United States every weekend in the fall and spring.

There is something very peaceful and reassuring about a program that goes on and on despite everything that is going on around us all of the time. It gives the kids a sense of consistency, which is so good for them, and it gives the parents a nice distraction from all that is going on in the world.

Since the focus of this blog is gratitude, I just wanted to write about how grateful I am for our town's youth soccer program.