School and Soccer Season

Well, school is in full swing again for Todd and Daniel, and Adam's classes start Monday. June seemed to go pretty slow, but I don't have a clue what happened to the rest of the summer. It's always a little hard when the kids go back to school. It's so quiet around the house during the day. I do have company, of course, but she's not very energetic or enthusiastic, and she really doesn't contribute much of anything. I even tried to hire her to catch up my filing for me, but you can see how that went!

We've been doing some traveling to Adam's soccer games which started last week. The team looks good this year!!

Fort Wayne has a national soccer showcase every year, and this year Huntington got to play against Cincinnati Christian College Thursday night. Adam scored the first goal of the game!



Towards the beginning of the second half, however, Adam's face had a collision with an opponent's head. We knew it must be bad because as soon as the ref got over to Adam, he stopped the clock.... then the trainers came running out.... then they put on their gloves. So as we watched from a distance we tried to figure out where the blood was coming from - nose? teeth? gash in head?



It was the nose... Thursday night...

Friday morning.... Profile shot - Check out the goose egg between his eyebrows!

Saturday morning.....

He didn't lose consciousness (Praise God), and the doctor on-site at the game said there was no indication of a concussion. He came home with us (obviously) after the game, and I woke him up during the night Thursday night just to check on him. An ENT doc checked him out on Friday and said everything looked okay. No need to come back unless he's unhappy with the cosmetic appearance after the swelling goes down. He feels a lot of pressure in his face and eyes from the swelling and has a slight headache, but is recovering pretty well. Thank you, Lord!

As a side note, as he was being driven off the field to go to the training room, the players on the bench from the other team told him they were praying for him, and after the game, the player that he collided with came in the training room and apologized (even though it was accidental) and said he'd be praying for him! That speaks volumes to the quality of character of those players!

Just so I don't leave you hanging, we won the game 2-1, and the Huntington players filed through to check on Adam as they were leaving and said, "We got it for you!" Such a great thing to be part of a great team! I'd be proud to have any of them as my son!

That's it for now. Take care!