Being a Wrestler’s Mom is Tough, and I Love it – by Jill Cuba
I use to think it was tough being a wrestler’s girlfriend. But I was wrong.
Being a wrestler’s mom is tougher, and I love it.
Jill Cuba
In Their Own Words – 2017 Edition
I love telling stories about this sport and the people involved in it. It is my passion. Everyone has a story.
I would like to tell yours.
When Are You Going to Beat the Guy You’re Not Supposed to Beat?
Thirty-three years later, what we understood now, that we didn’t quite comprehend then was it was the losses and not the wins that best prepared us for life. They taught us how to handle and come back from adversity.
Just 1 Win
He went on to share with me that his goal is to ‘just win one match in his high school wrestling career.”
Now, To you and I, that statement sounds like it comes from an underachiever – but if you ever knew his circumstances you would understand how overachieving and insurmountable “just one win” seems to him.
6 Mailboxes
I have never walked the 500 mile Camino de Santiago in Spain like so many writers seeking to find themselves do.
Nor, have I ever walked the 1,560 mile Pacific Coast Trail like Cheryl Stayed did when she wrote “Wild.”
Behind the Bookcase
It seems to me that later on, neither I nor anyone else will be interested in the musings of a thirteen-year-old schoolgirl.
Anne Frank
74 Years ago
111 Ways to Start to Recover From a Life-Changing Event
I know you want to lie down amongst the rubble in your life, to just blend into the destruction.
They say the greatest mistake is in giving up.
Don’t.
It is your duty to build again.
When you do, the rubble will miraculously transform into a foundation on which you will build again.
The Process is More Important than the Outcome
If you have an appetite for winning then your hunger will drive you – Inky Johnson
Wrestling Writing
At first, one wrestles to win championships.
Then, after many years, one realizes it wasn’t the pursuit of championships that wrestling was all about –wrestling is about preparing you for life. I owe a great deal to this sport, that is why I write about it so passionately.
This book is a compilation of all my writing on the sport.
The Pursuit Poster
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