Adversity

Adversity...one defintion I found was a state of misfortune or calamity. Adversity is not something that we look forward to but it is something that we all face, and in overcoming it, it can make us stronger.

This past weekend was the boys final marching band competition of the season and Flu had hit the school:
8 band members were out sick
2 soloists & 1 drum major with a speaking part were sick
& 1 was injured and on crutches

No fear... they worked it out. Two students were given solos the day before the competition (Jacob was one of them) and our injured member stepped up to do the speaking part on his crutches... we can do this! The band director decided to go even with our many holes in the line not to mention sounding quite different with that many musicians missing. Then we got to Missouri... People kept mentioning that the field was muddy, but the kids had no idea just how muddy until they stepped onto the field. The mud was just slick! I saw at least 5 near misses as far as falling goes but everyone managed to stay upright. The kids were a little dissapointed in how they did but I think they did awesome in light of all of the adversity.

What a better way to learn that life does not always deal you roses and sometimes you just need to step up and do you best.