Sunday, May 11, 2008

MOTHER'S DAY SOCCER TOURNAMENT

This weekend, my son is coaching the Under-11 Hutchinson (KS) Azzurri Hurricanes boys soccer team in the 19th annual Enid Sports Festival Mother's Day Soccer Tournament. On Saturday, Hutch beat a team from Yukon OK and lost to a team from Enid OK.

Today is Mother's Day. Ryan is going to have a little ceremony before today's first game where his boys each give their mother a rose we bought yesterday at the mall in Enid. All athletes, whether youth soccer players in Enid or professionals in the big leagues, should realize and respect that they can't have gotten whereever they are without the love and dedication of a mother that drove them to practice, washed their uniforms, rearranged dinners and vacations and cheered them at their games.

Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and especially mine, who provided me the opportunity to play baseball through high school and later coach my son's soccer team while she often took care of my daughter. Thank you!

1 comment:

luv2gosup said...

Keith,

Thank you for your kind words to all mothers. I loved your thanking me. It was always my pleasure and joy to see you excel in all your endeavors.

Your father always saw that you boys remembered me on Mother's Day. You are a lot like him.