Mother and Son Sports typically covers just that, sports; yet every now and then I get the itch to write about something a little different than sports.
Although I typically try to weave sports into the post, sometimes there are more important topics to discuss. Hence today’s post, leaving a legacy.
For those of you that follow Mother and Son Sports this post will be a bit of a follow up to my Remember the Monarchs post.
As I find myself entering my late 30’s (yikes) I have been thinking more and more about leaving my mark on the world or at the very least my family. What talents do I have to pass on to Kaden and quite possibly the rest of the world? What can I do to make sure my short time in this world is important?
As Mother and Son Sports continues to evolve I have realized that it is becoming less about trying to make a buck and more about my passion. Leaving a legacy of my sports knowledge to others. Even more importantly, Kaden and I spending time together, making memories and making sure he has something to look back on.
Some of us pass recipes down from generation to generation, other’s work on old cars, and other’s pass along musical knowledge. All of us have talents (and knowledge), and the most important task we can do is to pass that talent on.
Do not let your talent die in your nine to five job, re-kindle your passion and pass it on.
Sports gives parents the opportunity to pass on knowledge on a daily basis. Think about it. You are the one that will teach your son or daughter to throw their first pitch, put a glove on the correct hand, kick a soccer ball, shoot basket, twirl a baton, start a dirt bike.
These may be simple life lessons to some yet the irony is that they will last a lifetime.
Take it a step further than your son or daughter and think about the impact you may have if you use your talents to Coach, to volunteer, to teach kids other than your own. Your knowledge will be passed down from those kids to their kids, and son on, that’s what I call leaving a legacy.
You don’t have to be a Nick Saban or a Bill Bellicheck to leave your mark. Some of my fondest and best memories are of playing youth sports and the Coaches that worked with me. The Coach Konkles, and Mr. Elmer’s of the world who took a little bit of time out of their day to work with a kid that loved sports.
The funny and difficult part about leaving a legacy is that we usually don’t know we left it. Coaching is difficult, volunteering takes time, and a lot of times it’s hit or miss with the kids you are working with. Who is getting it, who really cares about this?
Don’t stop or not even try because it’s difficult, that is not how legends are made. Search your sole, remember your talent and start passing it on.
Mother and Son Sports has not made a dime since I started it six months ago, but what it has done is passed on knowledge. As I continue to write this blog I find myself getting excited about the prospect of who might mind the sight, who it might help, and the fact that I am creating something of my very own.
Sure, there may be millions of sites that tell you how to throw a curve ball, and shoot a basket and that’s fine with me because in my heart this site is so much more.
At the end of the day if Kaden is the only one that reads these articles or knows about the site than I will have done my job. I will have passed down what is important to me to my most important person and that’s good enough for me.
by Stacey Atkinson
