It must be written in the soccer rules book that it either has be to be freezing cold, pouring rain or scorching hot before a soccer game can be played. So far this year we’ve sat through rain, snow and now sunshine. The sunshine was a nice change yesterday but now we all have sunburns to deal with.
Could it be that we just can’t be pleased? Surely not! I guess it’s that we only remember the bad in things instead of the good. I was thankful for the sunshine… it actually felt good… until I got too much and got burned. Lucky for me, mine will turn to tan easily and I won’t get burned for the rest of the summer. Unfortunately for my kids, they don’t have the same luxury… well, one of the three will tan and not burn much, if any, again. But, the other two, if not careful, will burn over and over and over again.
Could it be that soccer is the first reason for us to be outside in the sun and so I associate the sport with sunburns?? That could very well be it. We always forget the sunscreen at the soccer games. And with good reason… Just a couple of weeks ago, we were sitting in the snow, freezing to death and sunscreen was NOT on our minds at all.
But, before long, the season will be over and we’ll forget about how miserable we all were in the snow and now with our sunburns. And it won’t be long before the kids will be asking, “When will soccer start again, Mom?” How soon we forget the pain. 
