31 Days to Surviving Sports Seasons Sanely: Be Social and Share

I wrote before that part of the reason we participate in rec-league sports is to make friends and be part of the community.

Being social and making friendships with other parents – not just the children making friends here! – is a wonderful benefit to participating in the same league for many years. We have had children on the same teams with a number of other children over the years and become friends with their families. There are families I’d trust my children with (and others I wouldn’t) if they needed a ride to that out of town game – not all of them certainly, but I can think of 3 families in particular who have become pretty good friends with and several others I trust.
We have shared driving. We have shared concerns. We have shared prayers.
We have become part of a community. That is good for our family time.
That is good for our sanity.