A few weeks ago, the country's focus was on mothers. We've all had one, and lucky people like me still have one. Married people are lucky enough to have acquired another mother: a mother-in-law. Mothers-in-law have gotten a bad rap - they're usualy the subject matter for jokes and they get the brunt end on sitcom tv shows. A friend at work has the coolest mother-in-law that I've ever heard of - his mother-in-law Vicky plays on the Kentucky Karma, a team in the National Women's Football Association (NWFA). How cool is that?
Vicky's one of the smallest players on the team, only 5' 3" tall and 120 pounds, and at age 51 she's the oldest. But she still plays and still kicks ass. The NWFA's t-shirt even says so - it reads "See Jane Run. See Jane Pass. See Jane Kick Your Mother's Ass." I think in this case, it should say "See Jane's Mother Kick Your Ass." Vicky list's skydiving as one of her hobbies. It that doesn't make you tough, I don't know what else would.
She's retired from Bell South, and this fall she'll be a junior at U of L. My friend said that his mother-in-law had been interested in football and always wanted to play, so when she heard about a new Louisville-based team starting up in the NWFA, she tried out. She plays an end on the team, and holds the ball for the kicker. She's a mother, so you KNOW she's tough.
The Karma isn't doing so well in it's first season, in spite of Vicky's efforts. Their record is 1-3. They have away games this Saturday and the next, and then they'll be back for a home game on June 4. Let's show our support and cheer them on.
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