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The Rookie Mom: Finding laughter amid a week of loss and lessons learned

Since my junior year of high school, I've been a football fan. My first introduction to football was the ’85 Bears, thanks mostly to the “Super Bowl Shuffle”. In 2005, I became a college football fan, and my Saturdays since have been all about it. I’ve watched everything from Vince Young being epic to Coach Tressel and the Buckeyes becoming national champs.

For years I’ve experienced football, first as a fan, then as a mom of two high school players, then a college player. Now I get to experience football on a different level, living vicariously through my son in the pros.