My Daughter

I was going to write more about how certain people continue to irritate me and the fact that they can't see how foolish they are being and really just need to grow the f@#k up. But, instead I'm going to write about my daughter. She plays the violin and sings in the chorus at school and had two concerts yesterday. I went to both, and she amazed me at both of them. She was also chosen, hand selected, to sing in the All-El chorus next month. She has a beautiful voice, which I can take absolutely no credit for, and has come a long way on the violin. Not only is she good at these two things, but she is also fiercly talented on the soccer field. I watch her every Saturday out there and she never ceases to amaze me--again, I can take no credit for her athletic ability either :) My hope and wish for her is that she takes these talents and runs with them as far as she can. I know soccer is her passion, I can see it in her face when she is playing, she loves it and I love that she loves it. What I don't love, is that some coaches try to take that away from these kids and make it all about the win--when right now it's all about learning and getting better and growing as an individual athlete and team. Her coach is wonderful, some of the coaches that have tried to recruit her, well, I'll just leave it at that--yes, you read right, tried to recruit my 9yr old. And this is the first time either. Just let kids be kids and go out and have fun on the field--no need to bring politics into something so innocent that brings my kid, as well as many others, so much joy.
Keep up the good work Skyler--you are my sunshine and I love you!