Soccer Games and Steering Wheels

I dreamed the other night I was an excellent soccer player. After a terrific game in which I made lots of headshots that went right into the goal net, I ran around the stadium, giving everyone high fives. Then I went through an amazing buffet line full of incredible food and at the end of the line I stood with my plate full of food, eating and talking with Sister Virginia, the nun who teaches my class at the Dominican Center all about the soccer game.

In other news, a friend and I were talking today about how driving in Michigan winters there's a thing some of us do where we let go of the steering wheel for a second to allow the car to find its own way out of a potential spin or slide. I don't know if everyone does this, but I imagine most people do. I once freaked out an Oklahoma friend by doing that, as she was brand new to Michigan weather and couldn't for the life of her fathom why I would let go of the steering wheel to correct a slide. Letting go of control actually gains control, in that case, and it occurred to me this afternoon while talking with my friend that life is a little like that too. Sometimes when we sense we're going into a tailspin it's better to loosen up a bit rather than try too hard to control things.

As the Kevmo and I go fishtailing into this phase of our lives called parenting, I can sense that we're both "gripping the wheel" a little more loosely and having a more trusting and relaxed attitude about things.