In our area, they have a race at the end of the each school year. Fourth and fifth graders from five different schools compete in a one mile race. They train for months. This year's race was scheduled for a Tuesday, which turned out to be cold and rainy so they rescheduled it for a Thursday which happened to be AJ's birthday. He was happy at first that the race was going to be on his birthday. Well, Thursday turned out to be colder and rainier then Tuesday. This time the race went on.
By the time I found AJ in the crowd, he was drenched and his lips were blue. It wasn't raining when they left the school that morning so he didn't take his jacket. I wrapped him up in a blanket and we waited in the car with the heater on until it was time for his heat.
His finishing time for this race was quite a bit slower than his usual time. I told him it takes a lot of heart to run in this kind of weather. I thought he did great and I was so proud of him.
After he finished the race, I took him out on a lunch date. We went to a place that offered steaming hot soup. Then we went to pick up his birthday present and spent the afternoon playing with it in our warm, dry house. When asked how his birthday was, he replied, "The first half was miserable. The second half was great!" I thought so too. I will cherish the memories of this day forever.
2 comments:
You are WAY more of a trooper than me. I offered my own drenched-blue-lipped boy.. lunch at Subway.. and we ditched 2 hours before his race.
Not my strongest moment of motherhood..
Way to stick it out A.J.!
Happy Birthday!
What a rough way to atart a b-day! I'm glad it ended up better! Your such a great mom collet!
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