Modified Football
\n Did I mention our 12-year old is playing on his 7th grade modified football team? It isn\u2019t something I\u2019m particularly in favor of him doing. He is not as big as many of the other 7th and 8th grade boys, but he can really catch and is fast on his feet. I imagine him not being quite fast enough, getting tackled by the bigger boys on the visiting team and seeing him not get up off the field.
\n I understand that a mother must relinquish her dreams and aspirations for her child, when they begin to have dreams and aspirations of their own. Therefore, I shut my mouth and go to every scrimmage and game. I suppress the groan from the pain in my knee as I climb to the top of the bleachers and swallow my agony of not being able to tell him: run to your other left! I don\u2019t voice out-loud that I really don\u2019t mind his just rooting from the side-line, instead of being in the may-lay.
\n The away games are fun, because we know that the folks in the visitor\u2019s bleachers are all \u201con our side\u201d. Some of the other parents in the bleachers are parents of the experienced 8th Graders and kind of lead those of the first-time 7th Graders\u2019 parents as to when to yell \u201cGo D!\u201d I assume D means defense. \u201cPush \u2018em back!\u201d \u201cBlock that wedge!\u201d \u201cHe\u2019s going up the middle!\u201d and other spur-of-the-moment comments.
\n When one mom yelled \u201cHit \u2018em hard!\u201d, She turned around to ask if that was okay to say. I couldn\u2019t resist saying \u201cNot if it\u2019s my kid!
\n After each game, we go out to eat and talk about the game. At one point, our son asked, \u201cDid that bring back memories.\u201d My husband and I both said yes, but I suspect for different reasons. lol
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