Last May I found out that I got a job as a teacher, when I told my mother, it was the first time she had implied that she was proud of me, or so I thought. Her response was “ya, another educator!” I was looking more for something along the lines of I’m proud of you or you’ll do great (especially since I’ve been coaching for 16+ years now). Nope, it was tied into her career choice since my life choices are against what she expects.

Here’s why I’m writing this post. My wife is about to be recognized for what she does for kids in the local news. She’s fucking awesome, she only cares about the people she influences and she deserves it.

Her mother sent her the following text tonight… “I’m proud of you!”

Isn’t that what being a parent is all about? Raising your kids to do great things??

I remember my mom telling me how proud of me she was for playing football, a sport I fought with her to play. It was only when we won the state championship that she told me that. She also came to my graduation 2 weeks after kicking me out of the house to tell me how proud of me she was.

No matter what activities my kids do, or if they graduate or drop out of school, I will always be proud of my kids as long as they can think for themselves and push themselves to make a difference in this world.