The Season of Broken Hearts and Broken Dreams

The baseball All-Star list was posted on Sunday. Jackson wasn't on it.

And we had NO illusions that he would be. Unfortunately, he did.

He hasn't hit a ball in over three weeks (the worst slump I've ever seen) and he's only caught one ball in the outfield the entire season - but in his beautiful mind, he thought he should be considered for All-Stars.

I love how passionate he is about the game and how badly he wants to succeed at it. The only problem is - he's not a natural and therefore has to work a lot harder. Therein lies the biggest problem - Jackson is, by nature, a very lazy boy.

Who knows, maybe this will fire him up and he will practice in the off-season. Or maybe, just maybe, he will find another sport to call his own! Did I tell you he won his weight class in wrestling last year?!? :)...

I'm Joking People!!!

I live in a very challenging town.

I think I've spoken of it before...it's an old steel mill town that never really let go of the mill mentality and embraced a spirit of progress.

This town is a shell of what it once was and for the people who stayed, it must be hard to see what it's become.

But for God's sake people - just because you have had to live here your whole life, choosing not to embrace progress or anyone from the outside - doesn't mean you can't have a sense of humor about things!

So for my "Anonymous" poster who keeps criticizing my oh-so-tongue-in-cheek posts. Just stop reading...you're never going to get me anyway.

The End of the Innocence

Yesterday, at precisely 3:35, Cameron became a high school freshman.

And also yesterday, around 7:00pm, the innocence of childhood ended with the Class of 2012 pool party!

Fortunately - there were only a few girls who came, but the one's that were here showed it off for all the boys to see!

What confuses me - and remember I'm the mother of three boys so I have NO concept of the girlworld - is how such incredibly nice little girls can turn into hoochie mamas when they put on bikinis! Could it be the belly button piercing? That's right - on a 13 year old girl!!!

Or maybe I'm just freaking out because my baby was loving every string bikini on their tiny little bodies...

Rebuttal...

I just received a comment on my last post about Awards Season. Shockingly, someone from this town actually reads my blog and even more shockingly, took offense to what I had written!

To clarify...the reader was appalled that I didn't see my son in any of the slides from the awards ceremony and that I expected more of HIM - like he deserved to be the center of attention...

What I was trying to convey - in a tongue in cheek manner that obviously didn't come across - was that my son HATES to be the center of attention and would go out of his way to NOT, I repeat, NOT, be in any of the pictures. Therefore, it was no surprise to me that I did not see him and I was making a joke to that effect.

For those loyal and anonymous readers from Boardman - I thought the video was BEAUTIFUL. Touching, fun and great for the kids to see.

I wish my son had a desire to be part of it...