I work with kids everyday. So I can say this with great confidence, there is good in every child, and therefore there is good in every person. Oftentimes, it is more visible in kids because life has not taught them the same lessons that it has adults. They have not put on the same level…

Do the little things right. Work hard. Make corrections when needed. Show respect for your team, for your coaches, and for the game. Have a good attitude. Be a leader. Give it your all. Focus. Practice like you play. Play like you matter. Don’t get down on yourself in an unproductive way. Fight through adversity.…

The scoreboard is broken.  Or maybe it isn’t the scoreboard but rather the score keeper.  Quite possibly it is the whole scoring system.  Taylor Swift really said what I am feeling best in one of her songs. “I saw the scoreboard and ran for my life.”  That’s where I am lately. Tired of the scoreboard,…

Some days we drive to school in silence because we are exhausted.   Some days we drive to school and I officiate a rumble in the backseat because we are grumpy.   Some days we talk about plans because we are excited. Some days we call grandparents because we miss them.  Some days we talk about what…

I took 32 videos last night. I only kept one. When we moved into our house last year one of the only real disappointments was that while, yes there was a basketball goal inside the shop, it did not lower to the level at which my children thought they could shoot the ball and make…