Never liked the idea
of Winning and Losing.
Ahava is now on a gymnastics
team. When I told her that
winning and losing doesn’t matter
she said that was not
a helpful thing to say.
In fourth grade,
we hired a tutor to help Noah
with chess. He was chess champion himself.
The first time he came, I asked him
what he thought about winning and losing.
We talked for four hours and then
he stayed for dinner. I wish I wrote down
what he said. (Essentially:
winning and losing is always a mixed bag.)
The next year, when Noah
was ten, we went on our first
big trip out of the country for a month
to Mexico and Guatemala. A friend
who traveled with us, a kind
and gentle person, brought his
portable chess set. He and Noah
played every day for a few weeks.
Our friend won every time.
After that trip it took Noah years
to play chess again.
Now I’m playing my first ever
online word game with my friend Didi.
She wins every time. Even so,
I’ll keep playing
My brother was on the high school tennis team. I have utterly no desire nor skill for tennis. But I love my brother, so we would go to the courts so he could practice serving and hitting balls. While I would always swing, miss, then shout, "Sorry!" So Ken decided it would be fair to score a few rounds a fairer way. I earned a point for each "Sorry" so we could boast about my WINNING "The Sorriest Player Award."
I remember when award shows such as the Oscar’s, Emmy’s etc. used today “ the winner is……. It was changed to “and the award goes to”. I disliked when the “winner” says, that “ we are all winners” “ reminds me of when I was a kid and another kid picked his nose, someone would usually say to them” pick me a winner.” Are there winner buggas & what is the criteria for earning the title?