In that moment, I was unbelieblely sad and my eyes filled with tears. How do I say goodbye to this life? I don't have the answer. It's going to be hard and in someways it's not.
I don't like to dwell on the hardships of coaching and the problems. It's not an easy life but if you are in it to help kids and you get to win a few ball games then life is sweet! The good always outways the bad.
Our first school as a married couple was South Pontotoc. SP taught me how to be a coach's wife, how to handle yourself with parents and I was also blessed with the best bunch of coach's wives, who instantly be came my friends and are now my family. I miss them ever Friday night.
South Pontotoc also prepared me for what was to come -- the move to Ethel.
And that move to 1A Ethel taught me how to be a mom. I've loved every single one of those kiddos, I've baked Brownies and fundraised and dispensed hugs as needed. Some even call me "mom." Plus there is such a great group of people that are at the school and my coaching family that I still talk to.
Leaving Ethel was hard but being a Ridgeland Titan as helped me to let go. There isn't much time for me to be involved. There is no coaching drama really and it's let Paul and I be Lorelei's parents and not so much the entire football team.
Lorelei is just shy of her first birthday and she'll never know what life was like when her daddy coached football (except for photos and things that are tucked away) but she'll also never have to share her daddy with football (unless God has a different plan) and that's a good thing.
Football has made me cry, has made me laugh and has made me throw my hands up and cheer. God bless a football coach but more importantly -- God bless the coach's wife. 
