Nolan Swims

Grandson Nolan and Daughter-in-law Sarah

Last night Tom and I went to a pool at a nearby high school and watching our grandson, Nolan, take a swim lesson. He's not quite 2-years-old and on the way home Tom mentioned that it was our first time sitting in the bleachers watching him do an athletic activity.

It's a territory we know well.

All three of our children played multiple sports and all of them started fairly early - at 4 or 5-years old. From preschool all the way up through high school we hauled kids to sports activities and tried to never miss a game or match if we could help it. I liked it because it gave me a chance to stare at my kids, without seeming to be obsessed.

When our daughter finally graduated from high school a few years ago, we thought we were ready for a break, and it didn't take long before I started wondering how I ever found time for all that bleacher sitting.

But it also didn't take long before we were missing it too. What's a summer without a baseball game, what's a fall without football and soccer, what's a spring without tennis, a winter without basketball? We've had four years now to find out and sometimes it has been a little boring.

So, we are looking forward to Nolan participating in some form of sports - I think he's pretty destined to do something because of his excessive love of balls of all kinds! And his unusual skill (I think) in accurate throwing.

We'll be bleacher bums again before we know it. I can hardly wait!