Albert Einstein said, “Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving.”
I was asked to share how I learned to balance life and my kids’ sports in this new era of idolizing kid’s sports. When I saw these two statements “how to balance life” and “idolizing my kids’ sports”, I had to smile because I didn’t think I was balancing life or idolizing my kids’ sports. I was raising, supporting, and caring for my children to the best of my ability. I supported my kids in everything they wanted to do: FHA, Prom, Football, Basketball, Track, Band, Harvest Festival, etc. My kids and I would travel in rain and snow to be there to support each other.
I was a single mom for a lot of years and raised my three oldest children alone. I had to work a lot of overtime, which meant they spent a lot of time home alone. My parents lived a half a block away and that was a big blessing. I am thankful for my parents who helped me balance my life and my kids’ life, and for the City of Hale Center, and for Jimmy and Carolyn Curry. I had people I trusted to help me along the way.
The first and most important thing is to make God the Center of your life. If not, everything will eventually fall apart.
Secondly, my children were very disciplined. They knew to come straight home from school, get their homework done, and then they could go outside. They also knew to be in the house before dark. I would leave every day before they got up for school. They would get up when the alarm clock went off, make their beds, take turns in the bathroom, get dressed, eat breakfast (cereal) and walk to school. If they had after school practice, the coaches would bring them home.
I leave you with this quote from Brian Dyson, Coca-Cola’s Former CEO:
Imagine life as a game in which you are juggling some 5 balls in the air. You name them-work, family, health, friends and spirit. And you are keeping all of these in the air.”
“You will soon understand that work is a rubber ball. If you drop it, it will bounce back. But the other four balls- family, friends, health, and spirit are made of glass. If you drop one of these, they will be irrevocably scuffed or damaged or even shattered. They will never be the same. You must understand that and strive for balance in your life.
Raise, support, and care for your children to the best of your ability and God will do the rest.
We would like to thank Georgia Wall for writing this post!
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