Crying Under the Bleachers

It's Friday and we are out of school today and Monday for a short winter break. I needed a break because we have had so many games the last 6 weeks or so and I am so tired so I needed some time at home. Marty and Carson have a big weekend planned in Monticello with all the men and boys. They are going to Tommy's Firehunt Lodge to rabbit hunt, fish and just "be boys" until Monday. This will be I guess their 3rd annual trip and they are really excited and ready to go. Carson left this morning with some of the men from Kirby and their sons and Marty will go down after his game tonight.

Last night Marty's jr boys played in the finals of the Jr High District Tournament at Van-Cove. They went into overtime and ended up losing by three points. It was a great game and they had the chance to win a couple of different times..missed a 3 almost at the buzzer that would've sent it into a second overtime. Well, both of my kids really get into the games and Gracen was weepy for a minute but she quickly got over it with a hug from me and I assured her they played good, that's the way it goes sometimes, etc. She was off to shoot on the court. Then Jackie starts motioning to me that Carson is down at the end of the bleachers crying. I go down there and he has crawled under the bleachers and is absolutely crying his eyes out. He keeps saying that daddy should've won, why couldn't daddy win the game, he wanted daddy to win so bad, he just wanted to daddy to win, all while just crying and crying. It was just pitiful!! I had to make myself not cry FOR HIM! I of course told him the same things I told Gracen, that daddy would be proud of his boys for playing hard, that we were almost all 8th graders and we would be even better next year and on and on to no avail. I finally told him to get it together..nicely..went to get him a water and he finally drank a little, settled down enough to come out and I got him distracted playing basketball with Brody...a basketball can cure anything with him! When Marty came out he went straight out the door to the bus and I went out and told him what Carson had done and he said he wanted to get under the bleachers, too! :) Carson went out and talked to him and cried some more until Marty reminded him we beat the conference champs that had beaten us earlier in the season by 20 plus points in the semi's so we should still be proud of what they had done and that cheered him up that Marty was positive about that so off we went to the car. He's so tenderhearted and lives and breathes basketball already. I hate to see him so serious, but hard to reason with him when he sees Marty working so hard in the game to win. Carson can't flip that switch when the game is over. Have to keep working on that!

Have a blessed day!
Sherri