reWind Wednesday

Time for another round of reWind Wednesday.  Today's selection...

The journaling reads...

Wow, does that

top photo ever bring back memories.

That oh so familiar disgusted look that you had when

it was time to go to Kung Fu practice.  Naturally it didn’t start

out that way.  You begged to try new sports and truly enjoyed them for

the first couple of months but it wasn’t long before a pattern developed.

Initial excitement would turn to a dwindling lack of interest followed not long

afterwards by constant moaning, groaning and complaining which led to absolute

and total loathing of the sport on your part, insistence to commitment on my part,

and inevitable battles between the two of us.  Funny, it was never about your ability

or the sport itself but rather the idea that someone else was dictating just when you

were to enjoy it.  You HATED that.  So just like Little League baseball and the

diving lessons that came before it, you became a Kung Fu drop out.  Organized

activities were soon replaced with skateboarding, golfing and beach bumming,

all of which fit your interests and lifestyle perfectly.  You were finally

having fun doing what you enjoyed, on your own terms, and

I was grateful that our nightly battles had at long

last come to a halt.   Photos 1995/96

Journaling 2006

An exasperating footnote - I could easily copy and paste this journaling into a layout about Meg.   Ballet, Acrobats, Soccer, Brownies, Chorus. You name it, she's done it... briefly.  Beg, Beg, Beg....followed by...Whine, Whine, Whine. Like her brother before her, she'd rather spend her days at home doing things with her friends on her own terms.   She's not attending gymnastics this summer (due to evening only scheduling) so it will be very interesting to see how it all unfolds this fall when it's time to re-register.