Yes, I Am One of Those Parents!

Well, if you've noticed my ticker at the bottom of my blog it now reads 0 days until Dexter vs. Texico - the season opener football game for the Dexter Demons. I always find it weird to tell people my boys play for the 'Demons' when we are Pastors! LOL! Or try yelling 'Go Demons, Go! It always makes me giggle. Years ago I can remember sitting in the stands at Little League Football games and looking at parents screaming in the stands thinking "they really need to chill out and get a life." And it occurred to me as today was approaching that I have become one of them! One of THOSE parents! The one you can hear yelling their child's name in the stands from the field. The one wildly waving blue plastic pom-poms or foam fingers in the air. The one wearing the blue shirt with her kid's names and jersey numbers on the sleeves. One of the many women poking her husband in the arm asking for the hundredth time "What happened? What was that call? Why did they do that? What does that mean?" And of course I am one of those parents who KNOW exactly what the coach should do because after all, MY CHILD could do that better! I have never felt such emotion and excitement and nervousness and pride all at the same time and it's awesome! But it will bring tears to my eyes, this first game of the 2008-2009 season. It always does. And as much as I have complained over the years about football, I have fallen in love with the sport...the sport of watching my boys!