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Rio 2016 Closing Thoughts

This will probably be my last post regarding the Olympic experience. But who knows? There just might be more to come. First, I want to start out by congratulating Kyle Snyder on a job well done! He is the man! I think there’s something to be said about he and J’den bringing home medals. Not […]

MA! Where are my Cheezits?

J’den fought through some amazing matches to get to the semi’s.  He was getting his rhythm in the second period, only he thought he was ahead on criteria. Lack of experience? Unable to hear his coaches? Unable to decipher the words in the crowd? All of the above? What I know is that when it […]

Night Before

Well, it’s 3:30 am. I think I’ve slept all of an hour since I laid down at 9:30 last night. I’m not nervous; I just can’t get my brain to stop thinking. Is J’den sleeping? Is he nervous? What’s going thru his head? Does he feel good? Did he bring enough socks? Underwear? Is he […]

The Cox Family lands in Rio

Well, we got into Rio thid morning around 9:30. It was literally a 24-hour trek, but one surely worth it, because at the end of this beautiful rainbow was our pot of gold – J’den! J’den gave us a call around 3:30 and said athletes were allowed 1 visit with family members and that most […]

Focus

If you were to have asked me when he was a little kid wrestling in kids club whether or not J’den would grow up to become an Olympian, my answer would have been, “Sure!” After all, aren’t all parents supposed to support their children’s dreams, regardless how big or small they may be? Funny thing […]