Family life is full of it's ups and downs. Getting cooperation from 4 strong willed and opinionated people is a feat. Both sides of my and my wife's family are strong willed and forceful. Some openly and some passive aggressive.
Boy, does that come to a head in our sons. Wildly in the case of 12 year old when we have to deal with hormone fluctuations. Agonizingly tearful in the case of the young son wanting to force his will.
This Sunday was a good example.
1. Going to Church on Palm Sunday. The Pre Teen son wants to go in baggy shorts and a black t-shirt. NOT. That was hard for us to work out. (Turned eventually to better options regarding new clothes for him. And shopping with him over spring break.)
2. Going to opening day ceremonies at DRYC. Where young son proceeded to have a melt down because he was not going to get to play with friends and this is to boring and he was not going to cooperate. This later boiled over into altercation between sons that landed Wife's meal onto her lap.
3. Altercation upset Wife and caused major heart ache and bluster of parent vs child. So Ryan is sent to his room to chill and Thomas goes off to his baseball game. With Mom leaving this beleaguered Dad to hold the fort with an upset pre-teen.
Even Dad caught some of the angry outbursts.
In the bigger picture we did do the outings I wanted. Church, Club, Baseball. This should have been a gloriously successful day. But the overcast of the interactions with Wife and Ryan and Thomas. In the end left a bad aftertaste.
Therefore the Agony.
The good points I will say are there also... Inner strength from my prayers and fabulous music at St Matthews Church. Time spent visiting with friends after church and at the DRYC just before and just after the formal speeches. And to top it off… Getting to finally get to the ball park and watch second half of the game. (Ryan finally started to cooperate.)
Boy how I love to cheer for the boys. How fulfilling it is to sit in the stands and have the blue sky with green fields juxtaposed with the fun of the anticipation on each pitch. ( I took a few photos )
Therefore the ecstasy!
I have updated the Farm Dodgers web pages. Even got the team a sponsor.
http://www.venicesuites.com/nvll/Dodgersindex.htm
It now looks good and has enough photos where it is not just about my son Thomas.
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