It’s been a minute since I’ve watched Jacob play hockey. I honestly miss the days of schlepping to multiple rinks a week for practices and games, and I especially miss my hockey family.
Jacob still plays hockey regularly, just in men’s leagues now where it’s no longer cool to have your mommy cheering you on from the stands, especially a very anxious goalie mom.
This week has been a really difficult one on multiple levels. I thought this anxious goalie mom could use a distraction today, and coming to watch Jacob play in his final game of the winter season seemed like the perfect way.
Before I started writing my blog, I wrote a piece near the end of Jacob’s minor league hockey career. Thought I’d share it again tonight.
For the past 12 yrs being a hockey Mom has been a huge part of who I am…I still remember putting Jacob on the ice his first year in house league all dressed in his hockey gear hardly able to skate and boom…the goalie skated by him and they accidentally collided and Jacob broke his wrist. Fast forward 2 yrss and Jacob waiting patiently for his turn to play goalie in a tournament…he did an amazing job and from that day forward Jacob’s dream of becoming a goalie was fulfilled. One year later, he joined a team with his friends, which has now become our family for the last 9 years. He has improved and worked hard to become a successful goalie since then through perseverance, training, coaching, and his love of being a goalie. Throughout the years, hockey has defined our family dynamics, always working our lives around where the next game or tournament is… yes being a hockey Mom has been a title I will hold near and dear to my heart forever…the ups and downs, I wouldn’t change a thing…but now what…with only a handful of games left in what is Jacob’s final year of minor league hockey (and hopefully a few more if they make the playoffs), he, I am sure will continue to play for many years to come in the adult world but what about the hockey Mom. Where does that put me. No more schlepping from one end of the GTA to the other, no more car stinking like a pair of dirty socks, no more cheering when the team scores the game winning goal and no more hockey family. I have dreaded this day coming for a long time but I know that Jacob’s commitment he has made to his teammates and coaches alike through the last 12 years will help define him as he endures many new challenges ahead and I will always be grateful for what hockey has given him…and what he has given me…his “hockey mom”.
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