One of the most challenging things in sports is backing up a good performance. The team can experience letdown following a significant victory. Gaining the top spot of our league could lead to this letdown. It’s possible for our team to feel they’ve accomplished their goal. Following our game to earn the first-place position, we … More Backing It Up
After three games, there remained two undefeated teams. It was time to play for first place. Subsequent to my weeks away, it would be an exciting game to return for. The morning began with learning directions to the field. We were playing at a high school that was unfamiliar to me. About an hour south … More Playing for The Top Spot
I can’t tell you how long I’ve wanted to play golf at PGA West. When you drive into the complex a sign greets you proclaiming it as “the western home of golf in America.” PGA West has six different golf courses and sits in La Quinta, California. Out in the desert a couple hours east … More The Stadium at PGA West
Things come about during life. We are asked to become involved in something unexpected. At times those activities turn out great, while other times unfulfilling. When coming across something that becomes motivational, it can be challenging to miss time. Still, the prior commitments are important and fulfilling. A wedding and vacation took time away from … More Missing A Couple Games
Sometimes playing a round of golf can become blurry. It seems to happen more frequently when playing a course for the first time. While playing on vacation, many times there’s only one opportunity to play a golf course. Several things go into how positive the experience might be. Mission Hills became slightly chaotic on the … More The Pete Dye at Mission Hills
Eastside Catholic was our first opponent. Coming off our success in the jamboree, it was time to play the first full game. We would play on Saturday afternoon at their home field. The first full football game would be a new experience in our journey. Some of the kids would be playing in their first … More Eastside Catholic
Mt. Si is another golf course in the area around home. It sits just outside the town of North Bend. Mt. Si. Golf course is sculpted on land in the shadow of Mt. Si. The course has similarities to Snoqualmie Falls golf course and Tall Chief golf course. Like those courses, Mt Si has a … More Mt. Si. Golf
The Jamboree was the first time our kids played live football. The first time being on a field as a football coach. Not only as an assistant football coach, but uniquely as one having cerebral palsy. There was much apprehension going into the day. As any new situation would cause some uncertainty, the surroundings would … More Jamboree
This week we played another local course. Snoqualmie Falls golf course sits in the Snoqualmie valley just outside Fall City. It’s a golf course we’ve begun playing consistently this summer. Snoqualmie Falls has many similarities to the course of my youth. Tall Chief sat about ten minutes from Snoqualmie Falls and the topography of both … More Snoqualmie Falls Golf
Playing golf around home is different from playing while traveling. There’s much more familiarity with the courses. Echo Falls has been a course played each summer. After having played somewhere so much it’s challenging to remember the first time I played Echo. It’s a unique course winding itself through a neighborhood not far from my … More Echo Falls
A Journey With Cerebral Palsy 