I can't believe I forgot to blog about this because it's probably been the highlight of my year! I guess I was so happy living it I forgot to get it down on "paper"! Chris decided this past summer, after 9 years of coaching at least one sport, to step back from it to be able to focus more time on his family!! This wasn't an easy decision for him at all. First of all, he loves coaching, except for the long hours away from home, and he liked the girls he coached and the other coaches he worked with. Second of all, while it wasn't much, it was some extra money every month that gave us a little extra peace of mind.
I think what finally made him want to stop coaching was realizing how much more of a committment it had come to be lately and feeling like he was missing more and more family stuff. (Example: The kids and I went out to NE to visit Chris' sister for a week and Chris came later and was supposed to leave earlier because of basketball committments. While he was in NE, he got a text from the coach that she had messed up the schedule and he actually could have come with us the whole week.)
You want to know what is so cool, though? About a week after Chris resigned from coaching, I got an email from a friend asking me if I would watch her son two days a week, and the pay from that more than makes up for what we are missing from coaching! Isn't God just awesome?
It has been so great to have Chris home more. I used to totally dread the whole winter season because I was single-parenting it most of the week and I really missed Chris and the adult interaction. We barely had time for the things we needed to get done, let alone any extra social activities or anything. It has been so great to have Chris home before it gets dark out. We have had more time together as a couple and we get to eat dinner every night as a family. I've also noticed that Chris is a lot less stressed and has more time to prepare and plan for teaching. He is always trying to improve and do better as a teacher (I love that about him), and by not coaching he has more time to do that. It's so awesome!
I think what finally made him want to stop coaching was realizing how much more of a committment it had come to be lately and feeling like he was missing more and more family stuff. (Example: The kids and I went out to NE to visit Chris' sister for a week and Chris came later and was supposed to leave earlier because of basketball committments. While he was in NE, he got a text from the coach that she had messed up the schedule and he actually could have come with us the whole week.)
You want to know what is so cool, though? About a week after Chris resigned from coaching, I got an email from a friend asking me if I would watch her son two days a week, and the pay from that more than makes up for what we are missing from coaching! Isn't God just awesome?
It has been so great to have Chris home more. I used to totally dread the whole winter season because I was single-parenting it most of the week and I really missed Chris and the adult interaction. We barely had time for the things we needed to get done, let alone any extra social activities or anything. It has been so great to have Chris home before it gets dark out. We have had more time together as a couple and we get to eat dinner every night as a family. I've also noticed that Chris is a lot less stressed and has more time to prepare and plan for teaching. He is always trying to improve and do better as a teacher (I love that about him), and by not coaching he has more time to do that. It's so awesome!
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