be hills and valleys. the valleys don’t define who they are. the gift is in learning how to get yourselves out of the valleys and to focus on the hills.
for instance, right now my older son has moved up to the 14u team in water polo. he is only 12 and playing against kids who are about to be 15. at this age, the boys are developing at such different times. some are huge and are almost done growing and some, like my son haven’t hit their growth spurts yet. yesterday was the first time i really saw him discouraged. he went from being able to take control of most 