The Transition Is Starting
The Boy wrestled in the last wrestling meet of his career this past Saturday. It’s hard to believe that we won’t be watching him compete anymore. It doesn’t seem that long ago that that he was running around on the field in his first organized soccer game. We were there from the beginning. And we planned to be there at his final meets. We just didn’t think that time would go by so quickly. People have always said that children grow up fast. I never truly understood that until recently. I’m sure that we’ll continue to follow the teams; but it won’t be the same when he’s not on them anymore and everyone we know has graduated. We really enjoy going to football games in the fall and basketball games in the winter; in part because many of the players have gone to school with The Boy. California Girl and I often chaperoned on field trips and field days when the kids were in elementary school and have enjoyed watching his classmates grow up into fine young men and women. It just seems weird seeing them almost grown when we clearly remember them being little kids.
Is he going to wrestle in college?
Kate: No. But he is going to run cross country since practice doesn’t take nearly as much time. Of the two, wresting is his favorite sport; but he realizes it has a much bigger time commitment and he doesn’t want to take too much time away from his studies. He’s going to a “big” school so he’s probably not quick enough to run with the top runners; but he’s probably fast enough to make the team.