Hugs Are Awesome

As I was walking around during PLNU Homecoming weekend, two girls were walking around collecting money for something, I didn't really know what, but I stopped and gave them $1.  It was supposed to be for a balloon, but I asked if I could just give them $1 and not take a balloon. Cuz I knew I just would have let go sometime, and that's the saddest feeling ever, watching your balloon float off into the sky. Didn't want that. So when I asked, the cuter girl said "do you want a hug?" I like the way she thinks.  It wasn't one of those lame side hugs either, it was a good, couple second long, two armed full embrace. The kinda thing that can just brighten up your day. And it did. 

But I guess for every good and happy thing in life, there's a sad one too. I started coaching my high school team again this week, and on friday we had our first meeting to make cuts. I grew up playing video games and I always did fantasy drafts and made up my own teams. I was ruthless. I would cut and trade people like no other. The thing was, those guys didn't have feelings. These kids whose names I'm putting on the cut list all have feelings and all want to be a part of this team or else they wouldn't have come out and worked as hard as they did for a week. It's been really hard for me to see the faces of these kids in my head. I'd almost rather just keep  a ridiculous amount of kids.