What does it mean . . .

 . . . to be part of a team?

Team: (n), a number of persons forming one of the sides in a game or contest.
(v), to gather or join in a team, a band or a cooperative effort.

In our house, football is synonymous with the start of school.
In our house, we started the countdown from last season starting at 280 days,
exactly the same amount of days from the last game until the first game of this season.

And,
in our house, we now have a Charger poster that hangs in a central hub, our laundry room!  lol

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My son has played for the last three years, but this year as a freshman he has joined along with

264 other athletes in his high school to play the sport of football. It's a continuing journey of 

building strength, endurance and discipline that was started during training and

camp this summer . . . the building of a dream, together as teams.

We have all heard that there is no "I" in team, and especially in football where an impact player will

have the least effect in making the team better, because in order to execute well he will need the help of his teammates. Which brings me to their motto, INAM,

It's Not About Me,

simply because it's about all of them. You will find it on their helmets, in big bold letters at every game, and on the football t-shirts in the stands. Because it's not just one or a select few that can accomplish the end result desired and because each team member brings their own unique strengths derived from personal struggles and perseverance towards goals in their own journey. Being part of a team you enter with the understanding that it takes all team members to reach a common goal. It is, a state of mind and a spirit of sportsmanship, where all participating posses the knowledge that it's not one individual but the sum of its parts that make up the team.

And most importantly, not to be forgotten . . . they win, and they lose together . . . as a team!

"Individual commitment to a group effort - that is what makes a team work,

a company work, a society work, a civilization work."

-Vince Lombardi

Hope your day is fabulous!!

Love, Kim

XO

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