My Parents

There have always been two people who have always been by my side, through the good and the bad. Through my first years playing sports through my first girlfriends. My parents have always tried to make it better for me than they had it. I can only hope that when and if I become a parent I can be half as good of one as they are.

The most recent example of this is them allowing me to be away from home for 3 weeks driving to three different stops, two of which I didn’t have somebody to go stay with. They knew this was something I wanted to do in order to help get me into my chosen career path of coaching. I would call them and tell them what I was doing and the phrase that I kept hearing from them was “We are so proud of everything you are doing.” If I didn’t feel that I had my parents support I probably wouldn’t pursue it. My parents support means the world to me, and they have always wanted me to do what makes me happy.

Last night I was talking to my parents about our store, and I found out that they are planning for the future. They expect me to try and coach for 20-30 years, then hopefully come back and take over the store. They have a guy who works in the lighting store who is one of our best salesmen, and has been working on and off for us for about 10 years. They told me that they had a conversation with him that at some point right before I come back they want to move him up and let him do more of my Mom’s job so that way I have somebody to help me run the store. They want people to be in place before I take over. To me this shows that they not only care about the store but also about me being successful doing in running it.

The fact that my parents have always been there for me and put me in situations to succeed is why when I get my first coaching job, they will be the first to know and I will want them by my side and sharing in my success. The success they helped in making.

Remeber, parents are the reason for your success, whether they are like my parents or not. They gave birth to you and without them you wouldn’t here