A true victory 2/25

Today I woke up tired. My body has been running around with my two young charges all week. George is 7yrs old, Clay is 5 and I am 48.

It has been school break and we have not stopped. The boys both play hockey so there have been games, tournaments and then us playing floor hockey in the garage.

I finally beat George in a game 5 to 4. What is amazing about this is that George took it like a champ!

In the past he would have come up with any and every excuse as to why my winning goal did not count. But this time he didn’t.

To be honest I was shocked that my shot went in! The game was tied at 4-4 and I had every intention of letting him win…for the sake of peace on earth.

But my shot got past Clay and George was ok with that.

I was so happy for him that he was ok…and that he was not beating himself up for not winning.

My victory was not the game. The victory was seeing the growth in George.

****side note – later that day it was discovered George had stolen 8 dollars from Clays room…ha! One lesson at a time I guess 🙂