| Biographical Non-Fiction posted May 8, 2016 |
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My yearly lecture
Marry a Golfer
by jusylee72
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I am a choir director at a high school in San Antonio, Texas. Every year I give a small lecture to my freshmen girls. Learn to play golf, then marry a golfer.
My students always look at me with puzzled expressions. What in the world does this have to do with life? I explain what I have learned through out the years.
1. When you are on the practice tee the odds of meeting a good man are great. It is usually about twenty men and only one or two women. (Though times are changing on this one.)
2. Golf is an expensive sport. Translation - the men playing it probably have jobs. (The only problem is the following: If you do marry a man who loves golf, he may have to have that 500 dollar driver. According to him, it is a necessity.)
3. Golf is a lifetime sport. If you learn to play it well you will have entertainment your entire life.
4. It is exercise, not extreme exercise but none the less you do have to move.
5. When you're playing golf, you are not on your phone. You actually have to talk to each other.
6. Golf is a frustrating game. When you play golf, you get to know how the other golfer handles adversity. If they lose it over a three foot putt, they will probably lose their temper with you.
7. You make lifetime friends. Golfers love to socialize and have a good time.
8. You are outside in nature. You get to breathe fresh air and enjoy the beauty of the trees.
I met my husband playing golf. I was a single mother. Life hadn't been great to me. Mostly because I made bad choices. My children were with their father for a week at Christmas. It was one of those rare extremely warm days during a Texas winter. My Dad had shown me how to swing a club when I was small. I wasn't a great golfer but I loved to play. When I got to the course, the pro asked me if I would mind playing with two others. Of course I did not say no, I love to meet new people. Doug and Jim were the players. Ironically, Jim was the husband of another choir director in our district. I knew his wife. Doug was not married.
My game was on that day. I was hitting the ball well. We had a great time playing. After the round Doug asked me if I would like to play in a scramble with them. I love scrambles. I have always been competitive. It would be several weeks before the tournament. The next weekend Doug called and asked if I would like to play a round with him. I said yes. I didn't think I was attracted to him. I was soon to learn how wrong I was.
Doug is a good player. I have never been good at getting out of sand traps. I found myself in one on the ninth hole. Doug asked me if I would like a small lesson of this shot. I accepted. He showed me how to open up my stance, then he lightly put his hands on my hips. Electricity went through me. I can honestly say I fell in love with my husband in a sand trap.
This year one of my favorite students is graduating. She wrote me a thank you note. She listed all the things she had learned from me in four years. The last thing she wrote was: "Marry a man who plays golf."
I am a choir director at a high school in San Antonio, Texas. Every year I give a small lecture to my freshmen girls. Learn to play golf, then marry a golfer.
My students always look at me with puzzled expressions. What in the world does this have to do with life? I explain what I have learned through out the years.
1. When you are on the practice tee the odds of meeting a good man are great. It is usually about twenty men and only one or two women. (Though times are changing on this one.)
2. Golf is an expensive sport. Translation - the men playing it probably have jobs. (The only problem is the following: If you do marry a man who loves golf, he may have to have that 500 dollar driver. According to him, it is a necessity.)
3. Golf is a lifetime sport. If you learn to play it well you will have entertainment your entire life.
4. It is exercise, not extreme exercise but none the less you do have to move.
5. When you're playing golf, you are not on your phone. You actually have to talk to each other.
6. Golf is a frustrating game. When you play golf, you get to know how the other golfer handles adversity. If they lose it over a three foot putt, they will probably lose their temper with you.
7. You make lifetime friends. Golfers love to socialize and have a good time.
8. You are outside in nature. You get to breathe fresh air and enjoy the beauty of the trees.
I met my husband playing golf. I was a single mother. Life hadn't been great to me. Mostly because I made bad choices. My children were with their father for a week at Christmas. It was one of those rare extremely warm days during a Texas winter. My Dad had shown me how to swing a club when I was small. I wasn't a great golfer but I loved to play. When I got to the course, the pro asked me if I would mind playing with two others. Of course I did not say no, I love to meet new people. Doug and Jim were the players. Ironically, Jim was the husband of another choir director in our district. I knew his wife. Doug was not married.
My game was on that day. I was hitting the ball well. We had a great time playing. After the round Doug asked me if I would like to play in a scramble with them. I love scrambles. I have always been competitive. It would be several weeks before the tournament. The next weekend Doug called and asked if I would like to play a round with him. I said yes. I didn't think I was attracted to him. I was soon to learn how wrong I was.
Doug is a good player. I have never been good at getting out of sand traps. I found myself in one on the ninth hole. Doug asked me if I would like a small lesson of this shot. I accepted. He showed me how to open up my stance, then he lightly put his hands on my hips. Electricity went through me. I can honestly say I fell in love with my husband in a sand trap.
This year one of my favorite students is graduating. She wrote me a thank you note. She listed all the things she had learned from me in four years. The last thing she wrote was: "Marry a man who plays golf."
My students always look at me with puzzled expressions. What in the world does this have to do with life? I explain what I have learned through out the years.
1. When you are on the practice tee the odds of meeting a good man are great. It is usually about twenty men and only one or two women. (Though times are changing on this one.)
2. Golf is an expensive sport. Translation - the men playing it probably have jobs. (The only problem is the following: If you do marry a man who loves golf, he may have to have that 500 dollar driver. According to him, it is a necessity.)
3. Golf is a lifetime sport. If you learn to play it well you will have entertainment your entire life.
4. It is exercise, not extreme exercise but none the less you do have to move.
5. When you're playing golf, you are not on your phone. You actually have to talk to each other.
6. Golf is a frustrating game. When you play golf, you get to know how the other golfer handles adversity. If they lose it over a three foot putt, they will probably lose their temper with you.
7. You make lifetime friends. Golfers love to socialize and have a good time.
8. You are outside in nature. You get to breathe fresh air and enjoy the beauty of the trees.
I met my husband playing golf. I was a single mother. Life hadn't been great to me. Mostly because I made bad choices. My children were with their father for a week at Christmas. It was one of those rare extremely warm days during a Texas winter. My Dad had shown me how to swing a club when I was small. I wasn't a great golfer but I loved to play. When I got to the course, the pro asked me if I would mind playing with two others. Of course I did not say no, I love to meet new people. Doug and Jim were the players. Ironically, Jim was the husband of another choir director in our district. I knew his wife. Doug was not married.
My game was on that day. I was hitting the ball well. We had a great time playing. After the round Doug asked me if I would like to play in a scramble with them. I love scrambles. I have always been competitive. It would be several weeks before the tournament. The next weekend Doug called and asked if I would like to play a round with him. I said yes. I didn't think I was attracted to him. I was soon to learn how wrong I was.
Doug is a good player. I have never been good at getting out of sand traps. I found myself in one on the ninth hole. Doug asked me if I would like a small lesson of this shot. I accepted. He showed me how to open up my stance, then he lightly put his hands on my hips. Electricity went through me. I can honestly say I fell in love with my husband in a sand trap.
This year one of my favorite students is graduating. She wrote me a thank you note. She listed all the things she had learned from me in four years. The last thing she wrote was: "Marry a man who plays golf."
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We have now been together for 18 years. We just got back from playing golf this morning. We still love playing together. We got rained out on the fourteenth hole. We got soaked. We laughed and I once again remember how lucky I was to find a wonderful man who plays golf.
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