I will not accept failure.....

So I just realized that I missed a day (day #3...to be made up at a later date). Sad news. I really thought I was going to be able to do this challenge....but our lax camp to Minnesota changed up my plans. This weekend has been crazy busy, but in a GREAT way. I think that MN- the families, the players, the adventures, can easily be one of my favorite places to have a lax clinic.

Right now it is technically day 5 but I figure if I post this before I go to bed it will still count for day 4.

Day 4 challenge: take a picture of your night.

I posted two pictures for today because the first one was blurry and didn't do the blog challenge justice since you can hardly make out the photo. Okay, os photo 1 is me on the field at the Minnesota Swarm game at halftime and photo 2 is a legit picture of the actual game of the Swarm vs. Boston Cannons. As you can tell already, I went to Minnesota this weekend and the purpose for my travels was to run a Step Up Clinic. Becky and I ran a clinic on Friday evening, learned to ski on Friday afternoon, hung out with some great families (what upppp Engels & Warners) and then had a clinic on the Swarm field at the Excel Center in downtown St. Paul today.

This evening I got interviewed at halftime of the game and it was pretty cool- which is why I posted the picture. although you may be thinking that I liked it because I was getting attention that wasn't exactly it. During the short interview I got to talk about women's sports and all of the positive influences it can have on your life , I got to promote the growth of lacrosse in Minnesota and I got to encourage young girls to put a stick in their hands and come out to our next camp in Minnesota.

Tonight made me so happy because it was everything I hope to do with my education/Step Up all wrapped into one. It was the beginning of a string of opportunities to draw attention to women's sports and help give back to the game that has given me so much. It seems like a lot of things are starting to come full circle for me in life and that is a great feeling. When I was walking after the interview a few young girls stopped me to talk about lacrosse, and a women stopped me to congratulate me on the Natty Champ, but the best part was a mom who stopped to thank me for encouraging her daughter to get out there and play and for making an effort to reach out to younger girls because it definitely makes a difference. That's what I love to hear.