Thoughtfulness

It’s been a busy few days. Most of the weekend was spent in London, ON with my two boys. My eldest was in a hockey tournament there, and my youngest joined us to make it a nice father-sons bonding time.

The team won their three round-robin games quite handily, 4-2, 4-0 and 7-2. They also won their semi-final, by a score of 4-2, despite being down 2-0 well into the third period. However, they came out on the losing end of the final, 3-1, with the third opposition counter going into an empty net. They had a lot of fun, they developed new memories, and all probably grew a little too.

I had some wonderful moments with my youngest son, as we waited for games to begin, or for his older brother to change after each game.

On Friday evening, after the team’s first game, the entire team was in a room off the main lobby, playing mini-stick hockey. (It seems they can’t get enough hockey!) My youngest was up in our hotel room, with me. That is, until his older brother called up on our two-way radios and asked him to come down and join the team as they played mini-sticks. My youngest was very happy. That was a very thoughtful thing to do.

My youngest spent all of each game sitting inside, behind the glass. He was generally drawing, or reading. However, on Sunday, during the final, he came out to ice level, and stood with me, during the final minutes of the game. When I asked him why, he said it was because it was the final and he wanted to be out there. Again, very thoughtful.

Yes, dad was pleased. Thoughtfulness is so very important.

Monday was spent plotting a course for the future, while also talking about how we have arrived at our current position. I had extensive discussions and made quite a bit of progress on a number of fronts. Those discussions carried into today as well, with even more progress made. There was certainly some confusion and miscommunication, which was unfortunate. But that will happen, and it has now been rectified. It’s all about making sure everyone involved is on the same page, and we’re moving together, in a common and understood direction. As long as everyone involved is absolutely committed, and each understands that the others are also absolutely committed, virtually anything can be achieved. That’s how great teams do great things.

Parmasters Kitchener-Waterloo will open this summer, and we look forward to serving an active and enthusiastic membership, as well as the general public.