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The Thrill Of Victory… The Agony Of Defeat… The Human Drama Of Athletic Competition

March 25, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

I can’t imagine what direction my life would have taken had I never discovered swimming. By swimmer standards, I started later than many kids. I didn’t join the swim team until I was ten years old. By this time most of the kids I swam with had been swimming for at least two years already. […]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: age group championships, age group swimming, age groups, competitive swimming, kids and failure, kids and sports, swim team, swimming

My New Friend

February 20, 2018 by not your average mom 4 Comments

Do you ever meet someone and just feel an instant connection with her?  Where even though you’ve only known her a month or a day or an hour you already know you can just talk to her about anything? I recently met such a person. She randomly appeared in my life.  And right away, I was […]

Filed Under: Lessons I've Learned, Sound Mind Sound Body Tagged With: ankle bracelets, baby elephant, bucket list, elephants, friends, Masters swimming, swim coach, swim team

Eight Things I Do To Manage Five Kids In Three Different Sports

September 11, 2017 by not your average mom 4 Comments

The madness has officially begun. School is back in session, the falls sports have started, and swim team is in full swing. I know I’m not the only one officially entering madness. Last week I shared this picture (via sportsmomshop.com)on the Facebook page, and it got a pretty big response. And a reader left this comment: […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Timesavers Tagged With: after school, baseball, chaos, coach, cross country, madness, school nights, soccer, sports, swim team, swimming, time management

Next Stop, Richmond, Virginia

August 7, 2017 by not your average mom 3 Comments

Number 3 and 4 first joined the swim team six years ago. They swam on the town team which only swims in the summer and practices in the lake at the town beach. It’s a rinky dink little team, but it was the perfect introduction to swim team for them. They both loved it. Of […]

Filed Under: Parenting, Your Daily Dose Tagged With: balance, burnout, friends, life lessons, merch by amazon, season, swim meets last forever, swim team, swimming, zones

Crazier Than Necessary

June 29, 2017 by not your average mom 1 Comment

We are on our second week of summer. But it feels like the second month of summer. At least. My work schedule combined with the kids’ swim team and baseball schedules is out of control. Yesterday I was sure it was Friday. When I realized it was only Wednesday, I found myself wondering not just […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: burden, choices, light bulb, list, overload, program, swim team, team

5:00 On A Friday Night

June 23, 2017 by not your average mom Leave a Comment

Yesterday I had a significant freakout about the arrival of summer. I was panicking. And I wasn’t at all physically or emotionally prepared for the transition. I was so exhausted that as soon as I got Number 6 and 7 into bed, I crashed on my own bed before 9 pm. My husband was working […]

Filed Under: Your Daily Dose Tagged With: happy hour, relax, Scandal, shitshow, summer, swim, swim practice, swim team

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