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Sorry My Son Kicked Your Son’s Ass

Posted on November 4th, 2009 | 15 comments

It’s wrestling season in the middle school, and I watched a meet last night. My teen son quickly pinned his opponent. So fast, in fact, he looked up at the ref, wondering when the call would come. That one moment of lost focus was all it took for his opponent to waggle free – for [...]

Wanna Wrestle? (This is Not a Dirty Text!)

Posted on October 24th, 2008 | 19 comments

Wanna wrestle?
If that had been a sexy dirty text from an ex-girlfriend, I might have said yes. But today, it’s a question for my son and his junior high wrestling team. They had their first match yesterday, and I must say, it’s an interesting sport.
Until someone gets hurt.
I had never been to a wrestling match. [...]