Saturday we spent the entire day at a wrestling tournament for Kevin. By entire day I mean from the hours of “Are we there yet?” to “If I have to watch one more match, my eyeballs are going to implode”. It was a long day of plugging quarters into our children so that they could buy over-priced concession stand food and give us a momentary break from the “I’m bored” routine.

And yet, this is what loving families do for each other.

So next time I’m standing in line at the DMV, renewing my driver’s license, you can bet Kevin will be there cheering me on as my picture is taken. After my next pap smear, Kevin will be waiting outside the exam room with an ice cold Gatorade. He can pat my back and say “Good job, Mom! I’m proud of you!”

Okay. Maybe that’s a little extreme. Right now I can barely get him to acknowledge me as I hand him a stack of freshly laundered clothes. Truly the best case scenario I can imagine after investing so much time and energy on a child is that he will do the same for his own one day.

Anyway, Kevin took third place and I thought I’d share one of his pins captured on video by Elly Joy, his nine year old sister. (She insisted I mention her name so as not to infringe on her copyrights.)

Kevin is wearing the blue and yellow.