Mady has been a 14 year old teenage girl way to much lately. She has finished her volleyball for the year and she is currently debating on playing in high school or not. First of all, CONGRATULATIONS to her for making the high school golf team. She has worked hard these last couple years playing in the summer and going to lessons. She practiced for tryouts for a couple months focusing on hitting and walking the practice holes. But during tryouts all Coach Boyd had the girls do was hit a bucket of balls. It looks like she is the top of the Deer Park high school golfers right now even though she will only be a freshman. The dilemma for me and Tressa right now is how much to push her to play other sports. Personally I would love her to play volleyball and then she would be socially interactive with some girls from other schools. Atleast for her freshman year. I have noticed lately how goofy and funny she acts with her friends and I want that to continue and for her to build relationships with new people. She is debating on volleyball but loves basketball. the only problem there is that would interfere more with golf. She is better at golf than basketball but we cannot push her to pick only one. That she will have to find on her own. I don’t want to say “If you only play golf you will be the best one and on varsity as a freshman” then later down the road she regrets not playing other sports and ends up not liking golf. But whatever she chooses we will support and back her and as long as she is doing something that is all we want. Now on a personal note I am so so so very proud of her. She has worked hard and made it important and right now she is also making summer training program at school important. It will only get her better and make her stronger. I hope she stays with it all summer.

She played in her first 18 hole tournament and got first . She shot a 103. It was awesome to watch her and coach Myers and coach Boyd followed her for a couple holes. She played at Deer Park and beat 4 girls in her age group but if she played in the 15-18 year old group she would have gotten 3rd and there was about 10-15 girls in that group. We are really excited about this summer golf. Tomorrow she plays againest stiffer competition which will be good for her.

Her 8th grade year ended with her getting awards for robotics and for playing all 6 sports in junior high which is called the “super 6” award. I am very proud of her for that too because you have to commit yourself to participating in everything and not just going home after school. She did this while playing golf, club volleyball and making the honor roll. It is bittersweet about her leaving junior high. I love seeing her succeed and moving on and growing up but I will miss her being a baby and needing me. I love her independence and I will love seeing her grow and move on making a life of her own but I will miss her being a baby.

Her tennis season ended up being a fun one to watch. She didn’t take it too serious but she actually competited and I was proud of her effort. I won’t miss not watching tennis but it was good to see her play.

I wanted to talk about her school sports, her activities and finishing junior high in this post then speak about the 8th grade dance and all that fancy stuff in my next post. In a nut shell Mady is my oldest baby and will always be close. She acts like me her mother says and I have watched her play all the sports for years. Soon she will be making grown up decisions about what she wants to play in high school, what activities she wants to be in and what she plans for her life after school. I will be there to help with whatever she wants. I will misss seeing her play the “kiddy” little league stuff and not be able to coach or influence her that much. I could not be more proud of the young woman she is becoming and the way she has matured in her physical and social aspect of her life. It fills me with happiness even if I am grouchy about having to be a taxi cab for stuff or complain about her goofiness. Most of it is an act, just like hers, she too lives in my heart. Thank you Mady for letting me watch all the different things you have done and for all the new things you are fixing to embark on and accomplish. I love you more than anything in this world.

Ya’ll be safe out there !!