Three Things...Gratitude Thread

[PollyannaMom]

It's National Iowa Day, so if that's your state, please tell us what you're grateful for about it!

Otherwise, in honor of the game, today's topic (Sun, 2/8) - 3 sports-related things you're grateful for

 

[PollyannaMom]

I've never been to Iowa, so sports-related it is:

1) Playing intramural basketball in college. - Great exercise and a fun way to get to know more people in my dorm.

2) Working the score board for my brother's little league team (back when you hung wooden numbers on a big sign behind the outfield fence) because it was fun and probably made me feel important.

3) football party food

 

[flyingdumbo127]

Dad and I God-willing by next year taking a Dodger Stadium Tour.

Dodgers primarily but also for a time being able to watch Braves baseball helped alleviate hard times for me.

That sports can be used by God to bring people together in a positive way.

 

[slo]

Good Sunday Morning Everyone

#1 - BEING A SOFTBALL COACH - I’m very blessed to have been one of my DD’s softball coachs from 8yrs old - 18yrs old. As much as I loved it, it was nice during high school season, and when she played in college, so I could just sit and watch.

#2 - INDY 500 - My DH is an auto racing super fan and goes to the Indy 500 every year. I went to some races before my girls were born and it’s an incredible experience. One day, when DD22 is done with school, and set up in her career, her and I will go with my DH. I’d like to see it again, but I have no desire to go every year.

#3 - CHICAGO BLACKHAWKS GAMES - My DD22 has been a mega fan since she was about 10yrs old and her love for this team is contagious, which makes us all love them. At one time, my DH used a vendor that had a sky box, so we went to a lot of games and we had a blast. Such great memories! My DH will buy game tickets now, about once a year, so they can have a daddy daughter night.

 

[WDWEPCOT]

I have never been to Iowa and I don’t play sports and neither did my kids which is probably a good thing since I’m not very sports person you wouldn’t want me on your team let’s just put it that way
But I do enjoy watching some sports

Tour de France I enjoy watching this every year people say it’s just a bunch of guys riding bikes through France / no it’s not there’s a whole lot more to it than that they’re strategy there’s teamwork it’s a lot harder than it looks granted the scenery is amazing but watching those guys do that is absolutely amazing to watch their techniques and what they do working together to try to get their teammate to the top to win this being out there every day in that weather climbing those mountains on those bikes it’s absolutely amazing

Horse racing I’m in a huge horse racing fan I think horses are just beautiful animals they’re smart they’re gorgeous and they’re very fragile I absolutely love horse racing I’ve been watching it since I was a little kid I love watching a horse and watching him race for a few years and then watching him go into breeding and then watching his offspring race and just watching that just keep continuing so that when a horse pops up they’ll show you who his parents are and then you got some kind of idea how this horse might run in the race based on who his parents are and I love every year rooting for hoping to get a triple crown winner and I absolutely am over the moon but I didn’t think we would ever get another one and we got two it was something I didn’t think I would ever see in my lifetime was another triple crown winner and we got two

A few other sports that I do enjoy would be baseball & NHRA I don’t follow them as closely but I do enjoy them

But the one sport that I will stay up all night and watch that I will never miss that I will watch it nonstop then I will cheer and root on miss sleep miss my favorite shows just so I can watch it is the Olympics and I will watch just about everything I can possibly watch in the Olympics to cheer on the USA athletes !! I love the stories they tell even of other athletes and their trials and tribulations to get to the Olympics