WELL WHERE TO BEGIN! LET ME BEGIN WITH HOW IT FEELS BEING A MOTHER OF A BOY WHO HAS HAD A GOAL EVERY SINCE HE WAS LITTLE. TO BE A GREAT FOOTBALL PLAYER. AT FIRST HE WAS GOING TO PLAY FOR THE DALLAS COWBOYS AND THEN THE OLDER HE GOT HE KNEW THAT WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN SO HE CHANGED HIS GOAL A LITTLE TO PLAY FOR THE PIMA ROUGHRIDER AND WIN A STATE CHAMPIONSHIP. WELL AFTER A LOT OF HARD WORK,PAIN, TEARS, AND FRUSTRATION THIS YEAR HE HAS MADE IT TO HIS DREAM GAME. NOW THIS IS WHERE IT'S SO HARD TO BE A MOTHER. AS I SET IN THOSE STANDS WATCHING MY SON DREAMS FADE AND WATCHING HIM TRYING SO HARD BUT YET STRUGGLING TO LEAD HIS TEAM TO VICTORY, WAS ALMOST UNBEARABLE.MY SON DIDN'T HAVE HIS DREAM GAME TO WIN THE STATE CHAMPIONSHIP INSTEAD HE HAD THE WORST GAME OF HIS LIFE WHICH ALSO HAPPEN TO BE HIS LAST GAME. I WATCHED UP IN THOSE STANDS AS HE WAS STRUGGLING AND BECOMING EMOTIONAL AND ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS GO COMFORT HIM BUT YET I COULDN'T. I COULD SEE HIM CRYING AT TIMES, THROWING HIS HELMET IN FRUSTRATION AND AT ONE POINT NEARLY COLLAPSING FROM THE HELPLESSNESS HE WAS FEELING AT THAT MOMENT BUT ALL I COULD DO WAS WATCH. LET ME TELL YOU IT ABOUT KILLED ME. I HOPE NONE OF YOU EVER HAVE TO GO THUR THAT. THEN AFTERWARD TO HEAR THIS BOY BEING MAN ENOUGH TO PUT ALL THE BLAME FOR THE LOSS ON HIS OWN SHOULDERS, LET ME TELL YOU WAS PURE HELL. NO MATTER WHAT EVERYONE AND ME TOLD HIM HE WILL ALWAYS CARRY THE BLAME FOR THE LOSS OF THAT GAME. SO THE LITTLE BOY WHO ONCE HAD A DREAM TO BE THE BEST QB @ PIMA HIGH HAS ENDED UP BEING JUST ONE OF HIS MOM'S PRIDE AND JOYS. YES I HAVE BEEN EMOTIONAL AND CRYING ALL WEEKEND AND ESPECIALLY EVERY TIME I LOOK AT THIS PICTURE WHICH IS MY NEW SCREEN SAVER OR WHEN I WASHED HIS UNIFORM FOR THE LAST TIME. BUT I'M SURE WITH TIME THE SAD MEMORIES OF THIS WEEKEND WILL BE REPLACED WITH GOOD MEMORIES. UNTIL THEN HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH SON! I LOVE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART AND YOUR MY NUMBER ONE QB.
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I am SUPER proud of my nephew and the way he held himself during that game, throughout it all he was still there picking up the other teams player and patting him on the back. I think that yes he will always remember back on that day, but going forward I am sure he will create many new memories and it won't be such a bad day.. he had a great season and to ME..he is the greatest quarterback to play at Pima high!
Not a fun weekend, but it will make him a man! Thats what life's about big huge battles, you win some you loose some! I bet he was awesome and I still wish I could have been there just to feel of the excitment and watch him do the best that he could! Love you all!
Goodness girl, you almost made me cry reading that!
Hey I ran across your blog and wanted to say hi! I was sad about Pima losing! hope you all are doing great!
My goodness Shari. I have tears in my eyes from that. It wasn't a fun weekend but Braunson was AMAZING. He is probably one of the strongest man i know. He is such a strong boy. He did a great job on Saturday (if his offensive line would have helped him out...but anyways). You have a great son and I am honored to have had the priviledge to go to school and get to know such a man. Tell Braunson to hold his head high. Pima would have not gone has far as they did without him. He is Amazing. I love you all. <3
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