Moms of Goalies

Rachel Balducci, famous for her Testosterhome blog, Faith & Family Live! features, and her book "How to tuck in a Superhero" wrote a really great post about being the mom of a Soccer Goalkeeper. It really hit home, as someone that grew up playing hockey and was a goalie.

I think there is a unique aspect to parents of goalies and she has a perspective from someone "new" to that scenario. I had to post part of her thoughts and hope you go to her blog and read more:

Our oldest son and his middle school soccer team were in the league championship game this past weekend. It was exciting and nerve-wracking and emotionally draining. There were tears of joy and frustration, screams of victory and wails of defeat.

And that was just from me on the sidelines.

My son, you see, is the goalie. Being the goalkeeper's mother is one of the most intense parenting moments I have experienced to date.

When Ethan was first moved to goal earlier in the season, I didn't think much about it. Maybe I thought something like "Oh rats, I'll miss seeing him running around on the field." I may have even considered the goalie position to be something of a consolation prize, like the slot you go to when you don't throw yourself into the mix with enough fervor.

I was wrong. So wrong.

 Please go check out her blog Testosterhome and read the rest.

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