On Sunday, Ellie will play her final volleyball tournament with her travel team…Avalanche Volleyball Club. Call me cliche, but it feels like we just joined the Avalanche family yesterday. Yet at the same time, it feels like we’ve been with them forever. Having a child join and become a part of a sports travel team…
not what i had planned This is not what I was planning to write for my new post. Not at all.But…you know what they say about planning. I wasn’t going to write about health stuff again so soon but I’ve been getting god-whispers. It took me by surprise…these nudges from him…because as you’ll discover, he…
“Shake it off. You’ve got this. Just shake it off.” My parents were athletes. My younger sister and I were athletes. I’m raising athletes. “Just shake it off” is something I grew up hearing. All. The. Time. If I had a bad inning in the pitcher’s circle, my dad and mom were right there, “Nikki…shake…
“Sometimes the strength within you is not a big fiery flame for all to see. It is just a tiny spark that whispers ever so softly, ‘you got this, keep going’.” -Unknown
“In every conceivable manner, the family is a link to our past, bridge to our future.” – Alex Haley