Sometimes, my world 🌎 moves too fast for me, and my mind is built for too fast. So, every now and then, I slow 🐌 down and try to explain why a particular story appears.
This story is brought to us by Mrs Joi Ogle, and that group shot is full of some top-shelf people with ties to Carroll County, Virginia.
https://swimcloud.com/results/395663
The link above will take you over to the swim 🏊♀️ meet results from the meet today. I encourage everyone who is interested in swimming to check it out.
The reason why I created the Saved by the Bell 🔔 portion of our efforts was I had and have plans to provide start to finish coverage of Alyssa Ervin and Furman University. If you have to practice what you Preach and my message is about equality, across the board.
If I have space and time for Miss Ervin, then I should have space for ALL former Cavaliers that are playing college sports. Elijah Cox and Callie Harris are two great examples of others this year.
But like everything else I do, coverage is a choice that each family should have in regard to both high school and college. The next level is at the high school, it’s a coach to coach decision, and I respect their wishes.
It is actually easier for me where college is concerned because it removes the choice that a high school 🏫 coach has to make, which is, do I see any benefit in letting this ( fill in the blank of what you wish to call me) anywhere near my program???? Sometimes the answer is yes, sometimes it is No, and then there is a third answer that I can not use because this is a family thing, rated G.
Today, one mother 👩, who I happen to admire a great deal, attended a swim meet that included her Kiddo. She had double duty as both his mother and his swim coach. Today, Joi has double duty as Wyatt’s Mother and biggest fan. She shared with me the thought process of not being his coach today.
Sure, I could spend hours searching college websites or, worse yet, looking through other people’s social media. I barely have time to create content for the people who want to share their terrific news about their pride and joy. It’s just that simple…
When I circle back on a storyline from time to time, it’s to help other readers. We have reached people in 50 different countries around the world now, and some folks want to understand.
Circle Back 🔵 – Mrs Joi Ogle lives in a place that I labeled ” The Hill.” She is as kind 😇 of a soul that you could ever meet. Her and her husband both coach at the school, and together, they raised two impressive Kiddos.
Today, Joi attended a swim meet with others from The Hill, and she had a choice, one that everyone has – do I want to take three minutes and send something to Around the Valley or just put it on Facebook ?
There are many people who love Joi Ogle and her family, but they don’t live on social media.
I will add that my non-social media effort, which is designed to protect the people that I care about from bullying, I miss out in interaction with folks like Danny Dean.
Sacrifices happen in life when you are fighting for a cause.
Now, here’s the final proof of what I stand for – I’m not going to click on the link above myself, I don’t need to know if he finished first, second, or last.
My story is about a Mother’s Love ❤️ and her little boy 👦, who has grown into an impressive young man. I should add that Mr Ogle displayed a level of parenting at the banquet last year that made me smile. He shared it with Kris Richardson that night. Why is that relevant to this story ? Because you can not produce a Kiddo the level of Wyatt Ogle by yourself…
Joi, Thank You for everything you do and for sharing part of it here ! See 👀 you on Tuesday night, I hope !
