Win the Day Intro

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We went back and forth on what to name this blog.   We eventually settled on “Win the Day”.  Jenn wasn’t sure at first.  As you all know, she is not overly competitive in everyday life unless Walgreens is offering a buy 1 get 1 free coupon for deodorant and some poor employee is not honoring the small print.  I am not sure if she just gave in to ”Win the Day” because we ran into a roadblock of name ideas or if she decided it was right for us.  Either way, I have decided to write this first entry explaining, “Win the Day” to you all and maybe even convincing my wife of our motto for this journey.

I learned a lot from coaching.  It taught me many things about responsibility, teamwork, hard work, relationships, adversity, and success.  All things that have been key in this first 5 days of our journey.  Every year our teams had a theme or motto for the year…Brick by Brick, PCO, Burn the boats, East One, and so on.  These themes were supposed to give our team, our coaches, and our players a common goal and focus. Brick by Brick…take the time to build on our program.  Take it one step at a time.  Do the little things right.  Trust the man next to you to do his job.  It wont happen overnight. At the end of the day you will have a massive structure.  PCO…Personal, Courage, Overachieve…. Make things personal.  Dig deep inside yourself and find more for your team.  Have the courage to fail and get up.  Have the courage to work and to fight.  You don’t have to be a superstar, but push yourself and our team to achieve more than expected. These are all examples of having a common phrase that reminds all the members of our team on our goal and what it will take for us to be successful.

“Win the Day”

For me its simple…. we have a journey ahead of us.  We don’t know how long this journey will be, but we do know it awaits us.  We can’t be overwhelmed by tomorrow or the future.  We can only worry about today.  When Austin is crying because Sesame Street is over…. Win the day!  When you can hear the trash truck outside and you haven’t pulled the trash cans out…. Win the day!  Surgery…Win the Day!  Austin is down for a nap, do yoga and Win the Day.  Wake up everyday and refuse to lose at anything.  Cancer is not the only thing in our lives and we wont allow it to become our lives.  We are going to wake up everyday and WIN at whatever we do.  Cancer had nothing to do with our 2 year old eating a cupcake and acting like a maniac in his wooly mammoth costume at his school Halloween fair yesterday.  It was hard, but we found a way to WIN.  It is really important to Jennifer that her friends and family do the same.  Wake up every day and chose to win….

Jenn,

I love you. I am going to wake up everyday and be the best husband and father that I can.  I am not perfect, but I am going to work hard at it.  With all that said…. I really am not sure how I can live without ice cream.

Win the Day,

Jonathon