I am now officially on a softball team. I didn’t really think I would play again after having children (I especially was worried about running and peeing my pants…who really does all those kegels anyway?)but my neighbor asked and I decided to try it out. I haven’t really played (except for a co-ed team with Jon when we were dating) since high school. I really didn’t want to but Jon and my neighbor talked me into it. It was awesome. I have to say. It feels so good to be out there exercising and doing something where being a mom isn’t first. Maybe it is the fact that I am remembering what it is like to be good at something and be recognized for it. Don’t get me wrong, I am certainly no Babe Ruth, but I was fairly athletic in high school and there are some lingering skills still present. I am just saying, being good at mothering is invisible. No one ever says, they were a great mom today or they have had a great season as a mother. The immediate effects aren’t present, you can’t judge it, plus, who really sits around and talks about who is really good at mothering?
I am nearly the oldest one on the team, which is a very weird thing and there are a couple of girls from high school on our team too. It is so strange the way that we all change as we get older…….
Anyway, they all have nicknames on their team shirts and they decided that my nickname should be "mom". They said it is so fitting so I am flattered that they think I am (I hope I am not reading this wrong) a good mom, but I guess it is a little weird to be considered a "mom type" by other people. I guess I still consider myself a fairly fiery, spontaneous, not-mom-type…hmmm…I guess my perception of myself is a little off or maybe it is the people around me. The other day my mom told me she considers me a hippie and I may be perceived that way by others also…….HA! THAT, must be due to conservative, Republican, SW Kansas. I don’t see myself that way at all because I rarely buy organic (except at the Farmer’s Market in the summer) I shave, I haven’t changed my name to river or something, I am not living on a farm and practicing complete self-sustaining living. In fact, we aren’t even recycling since we moved her because we have SOOOOO much going on! I think she intended that because I do alternative medicine and seldom give my children antibiotics or anything other than Ibuprofen…..By the way, acupuncture is terrific for migraines!
