So Madi tried out for the travel soccer team. She is young so we tried to prepare her that she may not make it. She did great at the try outs fast, alert and on the ball. There were not too many girl so we fully expected her to make a team. Technically she was better than many of the girls who were there.
The announcements are made on-line, delayed several times by well over a week making the waiting a real headache.They finally posted Saturday night. She did not make the team along with 3 other girls. I had to tell her the news. She was so upset. We had tears for a few minutes, we laid on her bed and I held onto her. There was nothing I could do but hug her tight. Mommy could not fix this one, for as much as I try sometimes the reality sets in that I am not a super hero. :-(.
Yesterday we were having some friends over for a BBQ. As I was running around getting things ready she asked for a special request. Could I read her our “special” book. We have had a book since they were babies that I love to read to them and they have always loved to hear. I still read it each year the night before the first day of school. Of course I could stop what I was doing so Madison and I settled in on the sofa The title of the book is “Oh My Baby, Little One”. 
Although I was not sending her off to school for the first time, I guess since we have made this book such an important part of our lives it helped her process.
“But still this love is with you, like the leaves are with the trees, like the sand is with the sandbox, like the kite is with the breeze.”
It was not to long after that our friends arrived and the kids were happily splashing around in a rather cold pool. The weather was not what we would have hoped for to kick off pool season but for the young it is never to chilly to swim. The disappointment of the soccer team was gone in its place a young girl with not a care in the world, as it should be!
And all was right with the world!
Decisions for my Family 