Fionnuala and I endured….I mean enjoyed Rebecca’s final primary sports day this morning before she heads off to junior high in September. The Black Family have never fared well at these bar my own glorious victory in the parents water balloon throwing event many years ago. My price was a massive chocolate bar. It was, as ever, a team effort. I won the chocolate but Fionnuala helped me eat it.
Adam never won anything until he was handed a rugby ball in junior high. And now he is being scouted by a professional team. The same applied to Rebecca. Every year she tried her hardest but always fell short of winning a medal. This year she put in extra sprint training in the week leading up to the big day. I have been coaching her the best I can although sprinting is not my forte. It takes me about three miles to get going.
It all paid off today though. She qualified from her heat to line up in the Year 7 Girls Final where she finished like a train to clinch the bronze medal. She gets it at a special school assembly tomorrow. Fionnuala and I were both so proud of her. Perseverance and hard work pay off no matter what your skill set. It has been a hard year for Rebecca at the school and, to be honest, we are glad that she is leaving it.
The junior high was the making of Adam and we hope it will be for Rebecca as well. She deserves a fresh start at a good school away from playground gossip and lies. She can hold her head up proud tomorrow when she gets her medal. It made sitting through 40 (yes you read that right) chaotic races before her event, standing in the heat for two hours and being blanked by former so called Christian friends all the more worthwhile. Well done Rebecca!
Well done Rebecca!
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Thank you 😊
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👏👏👏🤗🤗🤗
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Congrats, Rebecca! Woohoo 🙌
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Congratulations sweetheart!! Your parents are so right to be proud of you! And don’t worry about stupid girls with their stupid gossip. You are amazing and always will be 🙂
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Yay Rebecca, very well done 🌼🌼🌼
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Go go go!!! Well done!
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She did great 👍🏻
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Beautiful post! Well done Rebecca 🙂 x
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Woo Hoo! Congratulations to Rebecca!! Fantastic!
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🤛🏻👍🏻
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Congratulations Rebbeca, It is great seeing hard work pay off.
Stephen, you will miss the Sports Days in a couple of years. I attended them every year from 2002 to 2015 and dreaded each one of them. Now I would love to go again. Except it would be weird as none of my children are competing.
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Ha Ha yes. You might get arrested.
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Congratulations Rebecca!
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Thank you 😊
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Well done to Rebecca. I went to Number 1’s sports day on Friday. She may only be 7 so the races are not as intense but I was still immensely proud to see her come away with 2 first place finishes and a 2nd place. I hope this is a good sign of things to come from her, I was good at sport as at school so I am hoping that she follows in my footsteps.
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Well done Number 1! But the big question is, Matt, how did you fare in the dads race? 😂
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Sadly after last years humiliation i decided against it. With this ED i find my energy levels very low at the moment. I am not proud of this fact either
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Sorry to hear that 😐
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Just the way it is at the moment Stephen. Constant battle of wills in my head to try and get back to some sort of normality. Maybe one day ………….
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