His final high school wrestling season has been a tough one for The Boy. He’s done some things to help the team out which have resulted in him not having as good of a record as he would like. He’s always been a “team player”; but now that the season isn’t going well, he’s starting to get frustrated. Sports are a great allegory for life. Bad things happen through no fault of your own in both. He understands that intellectually; but emotionally the way things have gone this season still bother him. You only get one chance to be a senior in high school and you want for it to be these best it can be. He’s probably a better runner; but wrestling has always been his favorite sport; so I hate see him not having fun. Life goes on, and, at the end of the day, how good of a high school wrestler you were doesn’t matter in the grand scheme of things. But when you’re 17 years old it’s a much bigger deal.
Even though it’s his last, I’ll be glad to see the season end. I hate to see his career end; but I hate even works to see him not having fun in a sport that he loves. He’s thinking about running cross country in college. He knows he’s not fast enough to be competitive; but thinks he would enjoy being on the team. I’m not sure how sports go in college; but I hope that he can participate and doesn’t have to be invited. He’s may not be enjoying wrestling as much as he used too; but he loves participating in sports.
P.S. Since The Boy’s has not have the best of winters I’d like to get him a nice graduation present. Does anyone have any ideas? Something useful and memorable (and not too expensive). I’d really like to do something to make him smile.
