Both the Underdog Seahawks and the Top-Dog Broncos have fought well to have their place in the spotlight. They deserve to be there. During the game there will be moment, however, where the goal of that coveted Vince Lombardi Trophy will appear to hang far away in the balance of fate and destiny. In those moments we'll see players sitting on the sidelines shaking their heads, maybe even close to crying.
The winner of the game will be shaped in those moments.
Will they, who have fought so hard to be on that field, rise to the challenge?
Will they overcome whatever their opponents, the weather, their physical limitations, the media and others have thrown at them to triumph?
It's a question many women ask themselves everyday.
Without the glitz and the glamor, they are fighting out their battles. The car breaks down a week before pay-day. Three kids have been sick on and off for two weeks. They are physically spent from just day to day life. These are the moments the winners of the game of life will be shaped.
Just as the football player on the sideline who has seen the other team catch pass after pass, these women may need to sit down on the sidelines and shake their heads for a few moments. They may need to find support outside of their husband. They may need to reconnect with their desires to create a dream home life for themselves and their family.
I've had those moments in my own life. The night my 16-yr-old stepson got out of the house (again) and I still had to get up to feed and entertain my three kids under 3 the next day. The moment my investment home was halfway remodeled and the funds had run dry. The night we had been on a family hike 3 hours when I slipped and hit my hip on a rock (the bruise was bigger then my hand the next day and dark blue). The darkest night when I just couldn't get myself to sleep in the same bed with "him". It was in these moments that my biggest wins were formed.
Each time I reconnected with my vision of the "dream" home life and family. Each time I knew I had to be able to sit down with myself later and say "Hey, I did everything I could to win this game". The beautiful moments I enjoy in my life now are that much richer because I pushed through those devastating moments.
So to all you women who want to live your dream of a strong family I don't know what you will have to do win your game. Have courage. You will be inspired how to form the gutsy plays that will mean the difference between jail or college, divorce and golden anniversaries. Over and over I have coached women who were at the point of despair, they were sure their dream life was lost. Whether they created for themselves, or watched others shape it, their conflicts only give rise to greater victories to come.
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