TAKE MY BREATH AWAY.....

THOMAS IS NOW ON THE SCHOOL WRESTLING TEAM. AND HE LOVES IT.
A FEW BASKET BALL GAMES WERE PRETTY TOUGH ON HIS LEGS BECAUSE OF THE START OF WRESTLING TRAINING.
THE FIRST WEEK OR SO, THOMAS CAME HOME FROM WRESTLING PRACTICE (WHICH IS EVERY DAY AFTER SCHOOL) TELLING ME ALL ABOUT THE DIFFERENT HOLDS, ROLLS, PINS AND MORE, MUCH MORE...
BUT THE KICKER WAS WHEN HE SAID TO ME,
"MOM REMEMBER WHEN WE WENT TO SONNY'S STATE TROOPER GRADUATION AND THEY SHOWED US ALL THE STUFF THEY HAD TO LEARN TO GRADUATE THE ACADEMY".
OF COURSE I DO, I REMEMBER IT LIKE IT WAS YESTERDAY.
I STILL CARRY THAT PROUD STRONG FEELING I HELD THAT DAY.
YOUR BIG BROTHER WAS ONCE MOMMY'S BABY AND LOOK AT HIM NOW, HE HAS ACCOMPLISHED MANY THINGS IN HIS LIFE, BUT MOST OF ALL HE IS A GOOD PERSON."
WELL THOMAS REPLIED "MOM THAT IS JUST WHAT WRESTLING IS LIKE, THEY HAVE US DOING THESE ARMY CRAWLS, ALL KINDS OF STUFF, MY LEGS FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GOING TO FALL OFF, REALLY MOM THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE GONNA FALL OFF.
"BUT I KNOW WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO MOM".
REALLY TOMMY WHAT ARE THEY TRYING TO DO ?
"MOM, SONNY'S ACADEMY CLASS STARTED WITH 140 SOMETHING GUYS AND ONLY 40 SOMETHING GRADUATED...( I KNEW SONNY'S ACADEMY GRADUATION LEFT A HUGE IMPRESSION ON THOMAS, BUT I HAD NO IDEA HE REMEMBERED THE CLASS SIZE ) CAUSE THEY WERE HARD & TOUGH ON THEM TRYING TO GET RID OF THE GUYS WHO COULDN'T MAKE IT, THAT'S WHAT MY WRESTLING COACH IS LIKE, HE IS TRYING TO GET RID OF THE KIDS WHO AREN'T GOING TO MAKE IT THROUGH... BUT NOT ME, THEY WON'T GET RID OF ME . I AM STRONG AND TOUGH LIKE MY BIG BROTHER AND I AM GONNA MAKE IT."
OH MY THOMAS I AM SO PROUD OF YOU,
"MOM ARE YOU AS PROUD OF ME AS YOU ARE SONNY" (NOW I AM ALL CHOCKED UP AND TRYING TO HIDE IT)
"THOMAS OF COURSE I AM, I AM SO VERY PROUD OF YOU,
TOMMY IT ISN'T ALWAYS THE THINGS YOU DO...
BUT WHO YOU ARE AND WHO YOU WILL BECOME, THAT MAKE MOM THE PROUDEST.
EVERY SECOND OF EVERY DAY I AM AND WILL ALWAYS BE PROUD OF YOU AND BOTH YOUR BROTHERS FOR WHO THE EACH OF YOU ARE.
NEVER DOUBT IT, BECAUSE IT WILL ALWAYS BE TRUE."
NOW COME HERE AND GIVE ME A BIG HUG.
WHEN I THINK OF THIS CONVERSATION I GET A LITTLE EMOTIONAL, AND I KNOW I WILL REMEMBER THIS TALK WELL INTO MY ROCKING' CHAIR DAYS.
NOW HERE'S A CHUCKLE....
OH AND MOM THERE IS ONE GIRL ON OUR WRESTLING TEAM, WHY WOULD A GIRL WANT TO WRESTLE, SHES IS THE ONLY GIRL, OH MAN I HAVE TO ASK THE COACH IF WE HAVE TO GO EASY ON HER ...
IS THAT...BECAUSE SHE'S A GIRL THING GOING TO HAPPEN HERE, CAUSE IT WOULDN'T BE FAIR.... OH MAN .