Just a note about Luke's wrestling season. He had gone to his intersquad meet that we blogged on earlier. Then for 2 weeks he was sick and missed lots of practices and 2 meets. Finally he got in on the last meet of the season. It was a big meet. The top four placers got to go to the state meet in Ronan. He was excited to wrestle. His first match he pinned the guy and we were all excited. One of his goals had been to pin someone. His next match almost brought me to tears and I get teary now almost every time I talk about it. He wrestled a guy who was much more experienced than Luke. It would probably have been better if Luke had been pinned quickly. That was not to be. The guy had him in some holds that left Luke helpless, other than to strain enough to keep from being pinned. It was a long 3 minutes and when Luke lost, he was very polite. He shook hands with the guy and his coach. Then went back to the stands where the wrestlers were sitting. Pete found him with his head in his hands. When he saw Pete he started to cry. they talked a little bit and then they came past us to go to the bathrooms. I called him up to encourage him, but that brought more tears. I could hardly hold it in. My friend Michelle was teary. He went off to gather himself together after hugs and went on to win two of his next 3 matches. He didn't get to go to State, but learned many life lessons that day. We all did. I think lessons that are hard are good. They are like rights of passage in our lives. Luke did well and we are proud of him.
Monday, March 23, 2009
Thoughts
Only one week until we leave for Germany. This weekend I started to get a little anxious about the whole thing. My kids can always sense that. Partly because I am more cross. We had a family meeting last night and talked about our excitement and our anxieties. Mine are about airports and changing planes and passports, those details. Rebekah is nervous about flying over the ocean. Emily isn't really nervous about anything, she is excited to get going. Luke has a little anxiety about the flight too, but I think mostly just has a lot of unknowns and likes to talk them through. Pete just sits back and smiles. Flying every week does take the newness out of it all.
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I remember those same feelings. Especially once when Nathan made it to state as a little guy. After loosing one match he threw himself into Terry's arms (by the mat)and was crying. I realized that day that it was those tender moments between parent and child that wrestling was all about. It was what really counted. What a precious memory you made! (I'm sure the males in my family would disagree.) Luke will be more amazing every year!
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