A Mother’s Perspective From the Sidelines of the Soccer Field.
A Mom’s Narrative
From the game face of determination,
To the concentration on loosening the body with
warm-up calisthenics
From the tap of the ball
and the drive to get it in the goal
To the elbow shoved into the well endowed chest
Or the sneaky strenuous tug of a jersey
and the outright, undeniable trip, that doesn’t get called
or slide tackle that scrubs the skin off like sandpaper
From every drop of blood
and bruised skin
To every leap into the air to stop a torpedo kicked ball
For every sprint of 25 yards or
more
For every blow to the body from a cleat that was intended for a
ball
To every mid air collisions with another body
For every cheer made from a spectator to be faster, strong, smarter, better
To the face riddled with exhaustion
As you watch your child grasp the bottom of her shorts with her head tilted to the sky,
with sweat pouring down her face and eyes begging to bring home the “W”
Till the FINAL whistle blows
And you’re released from that levitated bubble of fear that YOUR child could have experienced a life altering incident….
To have such effort put out
and NOT be acknowledged for the 110% she put forth
Is
well…..
Deflating
Offensive and
Hurtful
As a mom… you feel EVERY BIT OF IT.
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