Saturday morning was the league meet for the cross country season. Of course, before the race, we had caught Robert in another lie regarding how he wasn't where he was supposed to be (the downside to him having the freedom of a driver's license). The hard part with him is that he is insistent on going down swinging, and even though I am standing there calmly explaining the evidence, he keeps with his story. Honestly, it is insulting how stupid he seems to think we are sometimes, but that's another story. We knew this was going to be Robert's last race of his high school career because many teammates were running faster and he wouldn't get to compete in districts next week. Robert ran his second best race of the season, but it was still about 90 seconds off of his personal best time. He just couldn't keep himself together after the race. The emotions of everything just became too much for him. He was so disappointed in himself and his performances this year, and there would be no more opportunity to improve.
It seems hard to believe that we are reaching this season of "lasts", but it is time. It definitely needs to happen. It is definitely time for Robert to move on to the next phase of his life. Hopefully there will be some successes in swimming or track, but in the meantime, it is hard to see my child hurting.
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