Geez, I was just thinking about this last night as I watched my 14 year old son play in the homecoming football game. He had 4 sacks and ran in two touchdowns. My 11 year daughter was all dressed up in the school colors and wore one of her brother's old football jerseys. All night long she was running up and down the stands with all of her "worldly" friends scream the home team on. His team won 46 - 20. The atheletic / scholastic memories and opportunities both of them will have because I chose not to raise them as Jdubs will be worth the price I had to pay. My JW mother once made a comment that I'm "trying to live my life through my kids." She just doesn't get it. It's not that at all. Simply put, I don't want my kids to miss out on what I was forced to miss out on. I remember being 10 or 11 years old, sitting in a tree, watching the little league games, wish I was allowed to play. I thought it was so cool that they got to wear uniforms like real basebal players. I remember being one of the best flag football players in jr. high but not being allowed to play organized, tackle football. I remember coaches and friends staring at me with puzzled looks on their faces as I tried to explain to them why I was want allowed to play high school football or any other sport. Probably the worst one was my brother getting A's in all his classes through high school and then deciding not to go to college. It's crazy. It's unforgiveable.
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