It’s not easy. You might think winning and losing is all about how the teams play, but you’d be wrong. There is much more to it than that. I have to have my Bronco Poncho on while they’re playing. If they’re not doing well I take it off. If I had forgotten to put it on, we find it and put it on. When Judy gets agitated and has to get up and do something, she starts cleaning the house. If our team starts playing better, that’s all the positive reinforcement she needs; she won’t stop before the game is over.
Yesterday, she put the dinner dishes in the dishwasher and sat down with me to watch the game. By the end of the first half, she was up looking for more stuff to do in the kitchen. The Broncos started playing better. When she ran out of stuff to put away and counters to clean, she turned her attention to the dishwasher. By the end of the game, she had emptied the dishwasher completely, washed everything by hand, dried, and put away.
So when we lavish praise on athletes for doing well, let’s not forget the dedication and hard work that goes on in living rooms and kitchens all across America as well!
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