On my daughter's Confirmation night my youngest son was supposed to be at the Catholic League championships for track. Ordinarily I would not allow any sports event to be given a higher priority than an important family event like a Confirmation. Even an individual event at a championship I would require a child to skip to be at his sister's Confirmation.
But the important event at this track championship was a relay. It was a very fast relay team and they had to qualify to even run in these championships. And all the runners had to be the same kids who had made the qualifying time. In other words, he could not be replaced on the relay. If he wasn't there, the whole relay would not be able to run.....in the championships.
So his brother drove all the way to the championships and waited to see if he could rush him off to Confirmation right after his race.
Jim felt very badly about the prospect of missing his sister's Confirmation. He really wanted to be there. When I dropped him off at school I told him, "Well, Jim, if you end up not being able to make it, then you run FAST and offer it up for your sister, OK?" He gave me a big grin and said, "OK. I can do that."
It turned out that the schedule was delayed and he wasn't able to leave on time.
But he did bring home a silver medal from the effort he offered for his sister.
(pictured above.)
6 comments:
Those are tough decisions, and congratulations to him on winning the Silver for his sister.
Sniff, sniff.
How sweet! Congrats to your medal winner - way to go!
Have a good weekend, Rosemary - see you soon - Kellan
It's obvious you used your best judgement, Rosemary. You sound like a wonderful mom.
Congratulations to Jim!
Congratulations to your medal winner! And it's great that he made the best effort he could to be there for both events. Also great that you taught him to do the best he could, where he was, and offer the sacrifice to benefit someone else.
Jim is such a good kid, you don't have to worry about him trying to get away with not going. Congrats on the silver!
Thank you, all!!!
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