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I feel like it’s been forever since I’ve written. Time has a strange way of passing very quickly when we get busy with life. I remember reading a column in a newspaper several years ago written by a mother whose son had just graduated from high school. She asked, “How did eighteen years of days pass so quickly?” Now that my twins have just celebrated the same milestone, I ask myself the same question. I believe every mother experiences some days that feel like they will never end, while other days just fly by.

Our family is enjoying a break between sports seasons, and I am glad to be back at my blog space ready to connect with other sports moms again.

For now, I’d like to share with you one of my favorite movie quotes from way back in my college days. If you’ve seen Steve Martin’s movie, The Jerk, you can visualize the scene with me:

“Marie, are you awake? Good. You look so beautiful and peaceful, you almost look dead…I know we’ve only known each other four weeks and three days, but to me it seems like nine weeks and five days. The first day seemed like a week and the second day seemed like five days. And the third day seemed like a week again and the fourth day seemed like eight days. And the fifth day you went to see your mother and that seemed just like a day, and then you came back and later on the sixth day, in then evening, when we saw each other, that started seeming like two days, so in the evening it seemed like two days spilling over into the next day and that started seeming like four days, so at the end of the sixth day on into the seventh day, it seemed like a total of five days. And the sixth day seemed like a week and a half. I have it written down, but I can show it to you tomorrow if you want to see it. Anyway, I’ve decided that tomorrow, when the time is right, I’m going to ask you to marry me, if that’s o.k. with you. Just don’t say anything. (no answer) You’ve made me very happy.”

Whether you are winding down from a busy baseball/softball season or you are gearing up for football, take time to enjoy some fun-filled days of summer. If you can make each day feel like two days, you’ll double your fun!

Your sportsmom,

Laura