I’M RUNNING AS FAST AS I CAN
One of the most interesting things about kids’ sporting events is the parents’ reaction to their children. I attended my daughter’s track meet. On the fourth and final lap of the boys’ mile run, everyone was clumped together except for the two front- runners who were leading the pack by a few yards. As the runners came toward the finish line, the crowd began cheering wildly. Just then, I happened to look back, and there, hopelessly last, was a short, portly, kid who never should have walked a mile, let alone run one. His entire body was wobbling toward the finish line, and his bright red face was twisted in the kind of pain that made me wonder if death was near. Suddenly, I was brushed by a frantic parent who was leaping down the bleachers to the railing surrounding the track. It was obviously the poor boy’s mother. She then yelled at the top of her…
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