The shovel is still frozen into the icy snow banks along my driveway, but there is something stirring as the temperatures rise and robins return from the south.
I don’t mean the tulips popping up through the soil, or the finches in my yard turning bright yellow as a sign of spring. I’m talking about spring sports [...]

It’s 6 a.m. on Saturday morning and you’ve been up for an hour already packing a cooler. The laundry was done at midnight, and still in the dryer. Your child is just waking up, and searches his dresser for clean socks. Dad is packing the car with chairs, jackets and an armload of water bottles. [...]