May 10 – “Awards”

I’ve been trying to sequester myself for the last few days. I woke up Sunday with what appeared to be the beginnings of a summer cold.  It was.  For me that means not much sleep at night and lots of upper respiratory issues during the day as well.  I’m following the orders of my resident nurse, which are the usual ones: drink plenty of fluids, rest, don’t do anything fun, etc., etc., etc.

We did have some excitement last night, though.  Nathan and April and Cailyn came over and fixed us a Mother’s Day supper of baked potatoes with all the stuffings, including some barbeque brisket.  He had to work on Mother’s Day, so they just bumped it ahead 24 hours or so.  Typical fire fighter family adjustment.  That was some good food, though.  Even better company. 

After supper we all went over to the softball fields for the closing ceremonies of the regular season.  They have been postponed twice already, so they were anxious to get them in.  all the girls lined up by teams on the outfield grass.  Someone prayed a really nice prayer and then sang the National Anthem while one of the players held an American flag on the pitcher’s mound.  He did a good job, too.  Hit all the right notes.  It was pretty hard to sing along with him, though.  He had his own take on how long to hold certain notes and how much of that trilly-voice thing to put into it.  Not that I was doing any singing …

They introduced the board of directors of the Galveston Lassie League, and then each team was called to home plate, where each coach presented individual trophies to every girl.  It went surprisingly fast.  One would think they have done this a few times before.  The other impressive thing about this awards ceremony?  When it was over, they let it be over.  They didn’t try to make up stuff to get it to last longer.  The whole thing took fifteen or twenty minutes and we were on our way back to the house.  Well, that was after some pictures of Cailyn with her trophy and a few with friends, of course.  All in all, nice job, Lassie League.  Now back to all-stars.  Next tournament is Memorial Day weekend.  Practice tomorrow.  Gotta love this game …

Mark 13:31 says, “Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will never pass away.”

Father, help our little guys continue to enjoy the sports and activities they choose to participate in.  It’s just not worth it if they aren’t having fun.  Amen.