Motivation

I'm still waiting to hear from the latest publishing company and it's so hard to get motivated on next steps while in limbo. I'm anxious to decide on future marketing of the "Ram" book as well as finding out if this next book is happening. I purposely haven't looked in my market books or read the newsletters from publishing companies about upcoming happenings - it's too tough to keep starting and stopping. I did meet with the owner/developer of Richmondmom.com today and she is going to feature me and the book in an upcoming story on her site. It's very exciting and it's always great to make a connection. I hope my next post can announce a new publication! Until then, I don't know if I can motivate to the next project - two open ended projects are enough for now...

Live, Love, & VCU Basketball!

Through my blog I feel as though I paint this picture of day after day being this dance through the meadows with my son where we are bare foot and sun is shining - very far from it. But I do want to stop and enjoy the moments (literally sometimes- just moments) that are great and remember them. One of these moments happened this weekend at the regular season closer for the VCU Women's basketball team. Parker and I went with my niece's youth basketball team on Sunday and it was so much fun. We got to sit court side (the girls team that we went with didn't sit with us of course) and were able to meet the whole team afterward during an autograph session. Parker got into each shot and loved the band's cheer - which I'm singing in my head right now - he is so much fun how he is starting to really get into sports (watching and playing). This is totally due to my husband's ongoing love of sports - especially ACC basketball. The Rodney Ram project has given me a whole new respect for the importance of sports for children. It obviously teaches them about exercise, but it also teaches them about taking turns, being a team player, sharing, keeping calm, the joy of winning and the ability to lose.

The team we watched were a strong and impressive team. They won - by a lot. They were encouraging each other and defended each other during some bad calls. They were great on defense and on point on offense. I'm excited about being able to teach Parker the art of working really hard to become great at something - it doesn't have to be sports. It can be academics, athletics, arts, music, juggling, lawn mowing - whatever!! It's about passion and the feeling that comes from working hard towards something. As we saw the seniors on the team being congratulated by their teammates and their families, the pride was palpable. This game was the culmination for these girls of driveway practices, youth leagues, high school and middle school teams, recruiting, not to mention all of the school work interspersed!

It was a really great day - and at the root once again... VCU Basketball! Go Rams - good luck during the CAA tourney this weekend... we'll be there cheering you on!