I am a wife, a mom, a daughter, a sister and a friend. I've learned that who you have in your life matters more than what you have. Thank you for stepping in to my world!
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Day 3 of Thanksgiving: November 3, 2011
Today I am thankful for the Wylie Bulldogs. All of them, but in particular the special young men we have come to know through the Adopt-a-Bulldog program. This is J's fifth year participating and aside from the first not-so-memorable one, we have been extremely lucky to form friendships with some very nice young men and their families. Caleb, Derek and Austin are three examples of what I hope my son will be like when he is a teenager. They are all smart, polite, grounded, faithful individuals who have made it a point to get to know my little guy. During their respective years with us, they have visited J each week without fail, they have brought gifts, cheered him on at his football games and even taken him out for some fun. K somehow even wormed her way into Austin's heart this year and she manages to score a gift and time with him as well. I know that hanging around with a fourth-grader isn't high on the priority list for most 18-year-olds, but these guys make it seem like they enjoy it.
After three months of the football grind (practice, youth games, high school games, and the ever-present challenge of finding just the right treat for our football player), it's still fun and part of that is due to our Wylie football players. We have met a bunch of wonderful people (moms & dads, friends, girlfriends, etc) through them and in a world of increasing selfishness and immaturity in younger generations, I'm proud to say we have been blessed with forming relationships with young men who are anything but selfish or immature.
This is J's first year of playing football as a Wylie Bulldog, and I hope if he continues with it, that one day someone else's mom will be complimenting him as their "big Bulldog".
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