On Wednesday night my husband and I picked up our 11 year old daughter from track practice.
She excitedly jumped into the back seat, began to buckle herself and without a hint of a greeting blurted out, “Guess what?”
I turned to look at her with her red face and hair falling from her ponytail, “What?” I asked.
“I ran in a 400 meter race against three boys from my class and I came in second. The winner only beat me by two seconds!”
“Wow, honey! That’s great!”
“Yeah. I ran pretty hard and I sprinted really fast at the end…and when it was over I threw up a little bit.”
I don’t know if I have ever been more proud.
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Tara R.
I remember those days when my daughter was playing high school soccer. The success of an after school practice often was measured by how many girls puked after sprinting drills. It was a source of pride that they worked that hard.
patty
Hell, I'm proud of her too!
Kathy
It's the upchuck that makes it so special.
My memory of sprinting in school involves one of my early horrors. I was in the sixth grade and we ran at PE outside behind the school. We girls took off our vests to give us more movement when we ran. At the end, a bunch of boys shouted at me "Looks like Kathy needs a bra!" Told my Mom and we went shopping the next day for trainers.
Good times.
Misty
So cute! That's awesome!
Amy
That is awesome!! Good for her!!
Tired Mom Tésa
What a great feeling for both of you! Glad to hear she is proud of herself.
Kori
ah, isn't that wonderful?
Soge shirts
She will be in the olympics. That is the will to win that an athlete needs to be a champion.
WeaselMomma
She is going to be a great champion. Coach always says if you don't pike, you didn't give it everything you had.
Stacey
That's a high five moment if ever I saw one.
Dapoppins
Ha! Did she really say it like that! Hilarious! Really. You all should be a sit-com. You make even the depressing stuff worth a chuckle, Momo~
KWG
Right on. That's hard work paying off, and up, and out.
DysFUNctional Mom
Now that's hard work!
meleah rebeccah
Awww! Good for her! Congrats to your daughter on 2nd place!
Heather
That is so awesome for your daughter! Congrats to her! (Puking after a sprint means it was a good one!)
mrsmouthy
I guess it's better than puking a lot?