• Basketwife, Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on April 19th, 2009

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    Is Being “too tired” a Cop-out? My response Part III

    This is the final post in the cop-out series. I have already covered what I consider to be our first and second lifestyles.

    Kevin and me– living abroad, just the two of us.
    Kevin, me and The Boy– living abroad, just the three of us.
    Our current situation– Kevin abroad, me and The Boy in the U.S.

    Today I [...]

  • Basketwife, Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on April 17th, 2009

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    Is Being “too tired” a Cop-out? My response Part II

    As I wrote yesterday, we went through three very distinct “lifestyles.”

    Kevin and me– living abroad, just the two of us.
    Kevin, me and The Boy– living abroad, just the three of us.
    Our current situation– Kevin abroad, me and The Boy in the U.S.

    Today I will address lifestyle two– the three of us abroad. I am not [...]

  • Basketwife, Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on April 15th, 2009

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    Is Being “too tired” a cop-out? My response

    As I mentioned last week, fellow basketwife, Erin, is posting a series on being the wife of a professional athlete. In part three, I made a comment about being “too tired” is a cop-out in our family.  It has not always been this way.  I was going to wait to post about the articles/series until [...]

  • Basketwife, Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on April 10th, 2009

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    A quote to share

    “Most fans, think that the player’s lives are glamorous, and that players, wives, and families do not have any problems that non-public families face; which is not true. In fact, we face more physical, emotional, financial, divorce, and stressful situations simultaneously that money can not solve than most people face in a lifetime.”
    – Gena [...]

  • Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on January 16th, 2009

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    Basketwives perspective

    Many of you know that I write for the basketwives website blog.  I always wonder if I should be cross-posting the pieces here or on A Piece of My Mind, and I have decided that this is really the place for the posts, because they are about life on this side of the pond!
    Below is [...]

  • Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on December 6th, 2008

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    Reflections

    (I’m going to try to get this blog back on track…)
    Life as a basketball wife is never easy. I know. Understatement of the year, right? This time of the year, it can be especially challenging. Some are working extra hard to make the holiday season special for the family (with or without kids). Others are [...]

  • Both Sides of the Pond

    Posted on November 15th, 2008

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    You know you’re a basketwife when… #1

    You text your husband about the offense scoring problems of your University team during halftime and fully understand his answer.
    (Kevin is at the game, and I am at home with The Boy.)