Soccer Update: Breakthrough

Hi Moms. For all those who have followed my Soccer Woes, you will be glad to hear that there has been a breakthrough. He LOVES soccer. I was working on a film project this past Saturday morning and had to rely on my mother to take my 4-year old son to his Soccer game. Upon my (late) arrival, I saw my son running up the field chasing the ball. I immediately started to jump and down so excited. As I approached our teams side, the other mothers and fathers were beaming at my witnessing of his turnaround. (They had all seen him last week being this great Soccer player; I was out of town on business.) It was funny because the coaches, on the other hand, were giving me the "quiet" motion so not to get him all shy again. But low and behold, he did not retreat to what had been his norm for the past 2 1/2 months. He continued to be aggressive on Offense (even if he was kicking the ball the wrong way). I was so happy.

And you know why I was happy? Breakthrough. Not because he was succeeding at being an athlete. It was because whatever was the roadblock (my opinion, shyness and introvertedness), it was removed. The coaches and the other parents were correct: he will come into the game in his own time. Gosh! As parents how hard is it to hear that? In...their...own...time. Not ours, not societies, not even to our religious beliefs...but their own time. Their psyche works in its own way and we have to be courageous enough to let them go through these stages with love and patience.

Gosh! That was an amazing sight to see. He was happy and laughing and playing hard...because it was in his own time.

Blessings to you Mommies out there!
Aurellia