Back in 2014, my son was in high school, I was a single mom and we just didn’t share the same hobbies. He liked to hunt and watch anything sports related and I liked to cook what he hunted and watch him play sports. We were close, we had a good relationship, but we weren’t really doing anything “together”. And I wanted more conversations with him to stay plugged in to his life.
So I asked him to do a fantasy football team with me. Not because I loved football, but because I love my son. We laughed a lot, mainly because I was totally terrible at it, but we talked so much more because of the different way we found to connect.
It’s not always about doing your favorite thing. Sometimes it’s about doing anything with your favorite people. Effort means something. And if you want to be in someone’s circle of influence, you’ve got to try.
Here’s a snippet of our text conversations, they still make me laugh when they pop up in my memories. On this day way back in 2014, eight years ago.
Deeper Than a Puddle 