Longing

Spending the week in Florida was awesome.  Our hope was to finish better than we were seeded.  We entered the tournament seeded in 7th, meaning we played the 2 seed first.

We lost to them, and deservedly so.

The next afternoon we played the 6 seed, whom we beat, and then played in the 5th place game, finding ourselves again victorious.  2 Wins at the National tournament and the best finish for our women's program ever made it a successful trip as a coach.

The trip as a person was harder than I thought.  Those fields hold dear memories to me.  3 years spent there as a player playing for the national title.  Time spent with friends.  Time spent getting recognized for my efforts, talent, work, luck, and blessed situation.  Time spent laughing.

Those times were brought to mind quicker and deeper than I thought they would be. 

Also spent lots of time then thinking about where my friends, efforts, talents, work, luck and blessed situation have me now.

But more on that to come.  For now, just wanted to update that I'm back, and that the trip went very successfully from the coaching perspective.