The Roanoker May/June 2022 - 16
The Home Front
Showing Up Counts
written by Christy Rippel No matter their age, a parent's unwavering support makes all the difference to their kids.
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16 MAY/JUNE 2022
ecently, my oldest had a
JV basketball playoff game in
Lynchburg, and I maneuvered
my schedule to get there, asking
my husband to leave work early
to pick up the other kids and rescheduling #2
kid's orthodontist appointment to ensure I'd
arrive on time. I was excited to watch him play,
as our family's run-in with COVID (first Liam,
then me) had kept us out of his high school
gym for a chunk of the winter.
He was a couple of weeks away from getting
his driver's license, and I had grand plans of a
meaningful chat with a captive teenager and
a dinner out.
Well, it didn't quite work out that way.
As anyone who's tried to snake through the
Boonsboro area at rush hour will tell you, good
luck. I was caught in a mean traffic jam, and
inched along to my destination, feeling the
frustration rise with each passing moment.
First, I was missing warm-ups. Then I was
missing the first quarter, then the first half.
And then I was hoping to make it at all.
I parked at the rival high school and dashed
into the gym, to find three minutes left on the
clock, and a tie game. A couple of lead changes
led to a tough ending, and a hard loss. I found
Liam at the end of the game, and he looked
even more frustrated than I had been sitting in
CHRISTY RIPPEL is an award-winning freelance writer, covering lifestyle, design, health and parenting. A Virginia Tech graduate, Christy likes to bike and walk local trails. When she and
husband Chris aren't watching the Hokies, they are watching their four kids compete in sports and enjoy activities. A Maryland native, she lives in Roanoke County.
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