My Daughter missed practice and it was awesome!

Last week my daughter Riley had soccer practice every night of the week leading up to her first games of the season.  The coach does not normally practice this much but he wanted them to feel what it will be like to prepare all week for a game like the girls do in high school and college.  Practicing every night was not that big of a problem except for Wednesday.  Wednesday was the night of the local Daddy/Daughter date night put on by the city recreation department.  I have taken all three of my girls for the past three years.  We have always had such a blast.  The cutoff age for this event is twelve years old.  This would be Riley's last year to go with me and her sisters.  The coach had originally said that if they did not come to all of the practices for the week, it would effect their playing time.  He later changed the Wednesday practice to an optional practice.  Riley has been struggling to get quality playing time on her team and showing up for the optional practice on Wednesday would probably have been beneficial to her.   We made the decision that it was more important for us to go to her last Daddy/Daughter date night rather than attend soccer practice.  It was an awesome night with all three girls.

There are some things way more important than soccer in the grand scheme of things.  It is important to remember that soccer is not more important than the other aspects of life.  I like soccer as much as the next person and I want to work hard to make sure girl's soccer is promoted and continues to grow.  I just do not want any girl to miss out on life because she is too focused on soccer.  Take time to dance to the music every once in a while.