Cheer I've Got Sore Ankles

Have you ever accomplished something that you never thought you would but paid a heavy price for it? Well, the other night I did such a thing. You see I’m in a flag football league and we had a scrimmage against some other teams last night before the season starts next week.
A little back story first, my football career was cut short in high school after I retired and followed my faith and political aspirations by leading a motley crew in a weekly bible study and becoming (i believe) the first black student body president at my high school. Now I was something of a football player tons of talent, spunk, strength, and courage. All of my 15 plays over the span of 3 years of high school would tell you that. So to now live the dream of breaking tackles, spinning into the open field, and striking down the sideline leaving a trial of dust and turf particles is what awaited me last night.

Here is how the play went ...

• I caught the ball on a slant route.
• Turned, juke out the defender, and headed to the sidelines to make some space as I began my lift off down field.
• As I looked up I told myself "Man you still got it, you still got it." and proceeded to run like a hippo on a soggy riverbank.
• Now as I headed down the field a defender from across the field was angle towards me so and at that moment I thought, "What would Reggie Bush do in this moment?” and one of his classic juke moves popped into my head.
• Let's just say I performed it effortlessly and made my way down the field to score.

Now what was funny at the end was three things occurred:

1. I was so tired I couldn’t fathom celebrating. Breathing deeply was by far the better reward.
2. There was no one in the stands to cheer.
3. My ankles now hurt really badly as I write this blog tonight.

So the take away from this is even though my body is rejecting what my mind thought I could do and I have sore ankles because of the aggressive juking. Know that it’s never to late to make good on a dream and score a touchdown.