In early October, I was invited to serve as Head Coach for F’s U18 hockey team. It was a no-brainer for me and I leapt at the chance to say yes. I had such a fantastic experience coaching this age group last year and the opportunity to do it again was too good to pass… Continue reading head coach, season start
I had accidentally put the nicest bottle, one I was saving for a special occasion, in the fridge and opened it on a random Saturday.
Within a few days, I had also completed Coach 2, Safety Trainer, and my advanced first aid recertification. I shifted suddenly from the team manager who’d send a few emails and book a few hotel blocks to a one-woman hockey team staff.
From time to time, you walk up from your teenage lair (aka the basement) and I have to blink again to recognize and remember that the little boy you’ll always be to me is far closer to being a man than the baby I love so much.
I’m sure some people will call this “lazy” and that’s fine. I call it preserving energy.
