Genesis Escamilla Harmon plays soccer ⚽️ for this lady named Adrienne Harris McGuire. I have announced this current Carroll County High School junior’s name a few times at Tommy Thompson Field on The Hill.
Earlier today, while I was running an errand at the Galax branch of Skyline Bank 🏦, I realized that the women behind the counter assisting me was none other than the mother 👩 of Genesis.
The transaction took a bit longer than I expected, but it led to a delightful back and forth between the two of us. Here are some of the highlights from the conversation.
Genesis has two younger siblings, and her family likes all kinds of Harris ( my lack of education prevents me from knowing how to make that word plural) , is it Harrises ?????
Callie is the younger Harris and is a former teammate of Genesis and Big Sis, Adrienne is her beloved head coach. The accidental conversation turned funny when she asked if I was their father ? The reason why it was funny was a few hours ago, I had written about having to remind myself that those three ladies belong to Marion and Sheila, not me.
When the conversation switched to Boys Soccer, I mentioned that the similarities between Adrienne and Forrest Johnson were uncanny. Both are young, married, and school teachers of little kiddos,dedicated, driven, and committed to their programs.
The only difference is that Forrest is raising two young children right now, meaning that his plate is not only full, it’s six miles beyond full. Yes, I have one gazillion ( Dr. Evil reference ) ideas 💡 about helping Forrest chase his passion, but the Father in me says there’s a time and a place for everything, just not now.
Let’s see 👀 if we can bring this story full circle 🔵 because it is closing in on time to head inside into a Gym to offer support to a different group of Cavaliers over here in Martinsville.
The folks down in Greenville, South Carolina, have some next level stuff taking place within their Men’s and Women’s professional Soccer Clubs. I am so driven by my desire to help our young dynamic duo that I was at the bank today to purchase a part of a Professional Soccer Club.
Now, if I was into smoke and mirrors, I would leave it that. But that’s not what I am, it’s the opposite of that, I chase transparency. Anything and everything that I can explore and examine to see if it can benefit Forrest and Adrienne is a mission worth taking !
No, I am not Adrienne’s Dad, nor did I stay at a Holiday Inn Express last night, but I have an eye for potential.
Yes, I believe in Forrest Johnson every bit as much as his female counterpart. I’m just trying hard to work behind the scenes until I have something solid. In the meantime, you two keep teaching up other people’s children and Forrest, keep being a tremendous Dad to yours, but know that out of sight doesn’t mean out of mind…
I asked God if he could give me a sign that I should keep trying hard to help these two, and I ended up in a branch of a bank that I had never entered before. Then it is a working Mother, a kind, working mother of 3 that loves ❤️ watching 👀 her oldest daughter play for Coach Adrienne….
I prayed 🙏 for a sign…. not a bad response from above…
