Day: June 2, 2005

I just signed Link up for our local youth soccer team. I’ve never wanted to be a soccer mom. I’m not interested in the game. I worry about competition and negative experiences. But Link wants to play. He REALLY wants to play. He’s been taking his soccer ball to school every day so that he could play during recess. Now it is summer and he still wants to play. He wants the chance to run around playing soccer. He doesn’t care much about winning. So I signed him up for a team that is supposed to emphasize playing over winning. I hope this will be a better experience than I am expecting.