I love watching the Olympics. I love the stories of getting to the top. I love the tears and emotions. I love living vicariously though someone amazing for a moment.
Micheal Phelps… WOW. What else can you say? I loved watching his mother. It must have been so wonderful to watch her son reap the rewards of his efforts. He put up with a lot of teasing and bullying as a child. He was labeled not smart. He was labeled. Now the labels are words like phenom, the Michael Jordan of swimming, even his ADHD label is a positive one.
I love his devotion and gratitude for his mom. After a race, he was mouthing, “I can’t find my mom…”
Proud moments. It is what parents live for.
There are others that I really enjoyed watching. Guo Jingjing get gold for diving. Her intensity and concentration wowed me.
Usain Bolt wins 100m gold at the Beijing Olympics … he is just to calm, cool and collective!
Then there is Dara Torres, 41 year old mom of a 2 year old… who gets silver! WOW! I put the usual pictures of the other athletics I was taken by, by how could I not put this picture of her?!!! Again, WOW.
All I can say is this is all proof that if you put your mind to it, your God given talent, nothing really can stop you.
I better stop making all the excuses I do for my self!