Archives For August 31, 2014

The Road to Kelley

September 2, 2014

Stuff I love to do: Talk, laugh, and play softball. I’m still able to accomplish two out of three without needing built-in recuperation days.

Over four months ago, I agreed to play on a slow pitch softball team with radio personalities “JT” from the Pat&JT Show and Damon Benning from Sharp and Benning in the Morning. I thought I’d be doing them a favor considering I used to be pretty good back in the day.

We branded our journey as the “Road to Kelley” because Kelley Softball Complex is pretty much the mecca of slow pitch around these parts…sort of like the “Road to Omaha” is the dream of every NCAA baseball player looking to advance to the College World Series.

If I had to sum up my contribution to the season in a series of tags, I would use these words: Overconfidence, Glory Days, Wild Arm Woodard, Kadoosh, Broken Ring, Cut Leg, Swollen Finger, Bruised Heel, Bruised Pride, Sub Needed, and Indefinite DL.

Lucky for us, Kady and Rachel – the brilliant duo representing Warrior Television at Westside High School – captured our journey from beginning to end.

Enjoy!

 

Written by Heidi Woodard

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It’s time once again to broadcast the crazier status posts that have appeared on my wall from the collective dynamic known as my Facebook friends and family.

Let’s get at it.

 

The mom who shared how cute (and brutally honest) kids can be.

MaryKaren

I fist bumped my screen when I read this update and was all “Solidarity, sister. I hear ya.”

 

The guy who got a wee bit excited about being around little people.

Jed

I feel like the wrestlers probably updated their own Facebook walls pointing out how unbelievably stoked this guy was about them.

 

The guy who decided to participate in a fun game to raise awareness about breast cancer.

Charlie

Only problem is this campaign didn’t quite take off as much as the ALS ice bucket challenge, so he had to go back and explain himself in a separate update. Too late, man. Too late.

 

The gal who publicly announced that she not only thinks this experiment is ok…

Sharon

…but also freely admits that her friend/loved one allowed this happen to her (just for fun?)

 

The woman who was on a mission to preach about gender equality.

Jeanne

This is one of those times when I wonder if she’s speaking from experience or if she’s speaking hypothetically?

 

The wife who spoke the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth.

Danielle

She’s a fellow blogger who is not shy so I elected not to protect her identity. Check out more of her deep thoughts at martinisandminivans.

 

Feel free to join in on the fun by emailing me the crazier status posts that you’ve recently seen on your wall. Take a screen shot and send them to me if you’d like them to appear on Maternal Media. You may reach me at hwpugs (at) yahoo (dot) com.

Written by Heidi Woodard