Reckoning with my Sports Parent Era

Reckoning with my Sports Parent Era

If you are asking me to do something between the hours of 4:00 p.m. and 9:00 p.m. right now, you’re out of luck. I’m booked. That is “second shift.” If you are a parent, you don’t need me to say much about why youth sports start at 4:30 p.m., or end at 8:30 p.m., or...
Keep going.

Keep going.

I turn 40 years old this month. I can tell I am nearing my 40th birthday, because the F’s I have to give are rapidly drying up. Most days I am FRESH OUT. I also notice that my body aches more, my face looks a little older (still, no F’s) and my 12-point sleep routine...