Meyrick Jones Racing: Back to School

"wise guys" quote:

It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how the strong man stumbled, or where the doer of deeds could have done better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood; who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasms, the great devotions, and spends himself in a worthy cause; who at best, knows the triumph of high achievement; and who, at the worst, if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.

- Theodore Roosevelt, speech titled "Citizen in a Republic" delivered at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910

Everything you need is already inside.

- Bill Bowerman, co-founder of Nike, legendary coach, and father of the running movement.

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

Back to School

Mattias just left for his first day of Grade 1.

That was fast... Seems like only yesterday we were coming home from the hospital and stopping at Delany's on the way (creating a tradition which we repeated two years later with Aia, and six years later with Viggo.)

As our eldest, Mattias is sometimes subjected to greater expectations as we hope he'll set the right kind of examples for his siblings. He does an admirable job with the eldest child burden and is a great big brother for Aia and Viggo.

At moments like this I think it is fair to reflect and feel some pride in the job Sacha and I have done with him so far. It's kind of like running a marathon and looking at your watch and seeing that you are on pace at the 3 mile mark though...........