The 1st and 2nd grade classes had a track meet at the park. Each student had to participate in 2 races. Benji chose the 100M because it is short. And he chose the 800M because it was longest so maybe he could pass some people. This morning he told me that he dreamed about the race and he won a trophy! I tried to bring him back down to reality before he headed off to school…
I went to the park to watch him at his request. He did as I expected. He came in in the bottom third. I found myself teary eyed watching him. He didn’t care that he wasn’t winning. He pushed himself to the finish. I know he wanted to walk in the 800 but I was there next to him and he pushed himself and finished. I was proud of him. He came home with his “participation” medal, a happy kid.