Happy National Girls and Women in Sports Day

Most of my daughters played sports during their school years.  We spent many afternoons and mornings at ball fields, school gyms, and at pools watching children swim!  I'm happy we were able to give our children a well-rounded childhood.  The whole family enjoys watching sports too.  it is more difficult to find games featuring women but not impossible.  Daughter, Abbie, likes to watch girls' softball when it's on TV (it might be women's college softball).  And who doesn't enjoy watching the Olympics!  Once upon a time, I used to bowl on a few bowling leagues.  That's a sport, right?  And I have golfed.  Sports shouldn't be about gender; to me, it's about the challenge and competition.  An interesting side note is my high school gym teacher, Chris Weller, went on to be the coach for the Maryland Terrapins Women's Basketball team from 1975 until 1980.  I used to wonder how frustrated she must have been with a bunch of high school girls, most of who were only there because it was required and how great the difference was coaching women who could actually play.

Celebrate women and girls in sports this year, not just today.