Ch Ch Ch Changes....

As the old song says, "Ch Ch Ch Changes..."  That's what is happening here.  Lots of changes.  First I want to share that I love seeing my son smile while doing what he loves.  I haven't seen it in a while but now we are seeing it again and are so happy that he is happy in what he is doing in TaeKwonDo.  There are changes happening and they are just bringing out such a happiness in T that we haven't seen in a while.  It warms this moms heart to see how happy he is.  Check out these pics where I've caught him smiling on camera recently.

All this has happened at Core TaeKwonDo.  He has made such awesome friends there and they all get along so great.  He really enjoys training with this great group of people.  Such a great atmosphere for our son to be in.  Ultimately for us it's not about any medals he will ever win, although T likes winning, but who doesn't.  For us it's about the fact that we want T happy in what he is doing and happy in his own skin with who he is as a person.  He's such a great kid who has had to deal with a ton of changes/losses over the years.  Where he's at now is a good place though and we couldn't be more happy.  

As of June 1st T will be Team Core and doing all his TaeKwonDo at Core TaeKwonDo!  It's a change we felt we had to make as a family financially.  God expects us to be smart with our spending.  But we were paying 3 different TaeKwonDo schools for training.  With the economy where it's at and getting worse we had to make a decision that will make smart financial sense and ultimately be what we felt God would have us do. T loves his coach, Master Wasiu, so much though which made the decision a hard one for us to make.  We sat down as a family though and got buy in from T to make this move.  Then Scot talked with Master Wasiu getting his blessing for us to make this move.  In TaeKwonDo you always get the Masters blessing when making a move.  T seems very happy for the up coming change.  It will be where he does his regular TaeKwonDo belt classes as well as sparring training. Master Wasiu won't be out of T's life entirely though.  These two teams do a ton of cross training together. It will be good to be home regularly.  I'm so thankful to be able to be relieved of the financial burden of all the extra TaeKwonDo expenses.  Having everything to be in one place with one TaeKwonDo school is going to be great and take a financial burden off our shoulders.  We haven't had that in 5 long years.  It's what Scot and I have been secretly wanting for some time now but didn't want to upset the apple cart.  Ultimately T didn't want to leave Master Wasiu.   He also didn't want to leave the Traditional TaeKwonDo school (Black Belt World - where he's done TaeKwonDo since he was four years old).  He loves Master Wasiu so and Grand Master Jun Lee.  But T knew when we shared with him the TaeKwonDo financials that it was best for us as a family to put everything in one school because it would save money.  We don't keep things from him.  He's at an age now where we want him learning about how to deal with finances as he grows into an adult.  He knew this move was a smart financial move.  We're so thankful for his understanding and his learning.  That's just another great thing about homeschooling.  

After all that, T shared with us that he loves sparring but ultimately he wants to be a master and have his own TaeKwonDo business some day.  I think he'd be excellent at it too.  So while he will still compete and try to reach the goals he has for sparring at the end of the day what matters for him is moving forward in all TaeKwonDo has to offer.  Right now T has told us his goals in sparring are to medal/win at both AAU and USAT Nationals and to medal/win at an Open event.  Open events are where athletes from other countries come and fight.  These are great goals to have and we pray that he will accomplish them someday.  We know he will put his heart and soul into it and at the end of the day that's enough! So check out what T's new Team jacket will look like starting June 1st and pray with us as we make all these changes that T will be able to accomplish all the goals he has in TaeKwonDo.    

As I close this out we want to say a special Thank You to Master Wasiu and Grand Master Jun Lee for all they have poured into our son over the years!  You both have been incredible influences in our sons life for the better!  We appreciate you both so very much and we will never ever forget you!  No matter where T goes or what he does a part of you will always live on in him!  God Bless you both!!!  #GodsPlan