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Moms Need Friends: How Being a Soccer Mom Changed My Life

After reading the title of this post, you are probably NOT going to believe me, but my kids don't play soccer.  (Well, at least not currently, who knows what they will be up to next year...)  Nope, my kids don't play soccer:  I do.  I'm pushing 40, and I just started playing a game that is usually saved for the younger souls.  And you know what?  Soccer literally changed my life.  Here's why... Last year, I was stuck in a funk.  Long-story short, it has been a rough five years for my husband and I.  Between weathering unemployment during the recession, having a family, building a new business from the ground up, and trying to balance a career and home life through it all I was tired.  I felt worthless.  (Now, don't go trying to get me a prescription for an antidepressant or anything.)  Life has it ups and its downs.  This was just a down time for me.   I had  switched jobs to try to alleviate some of the stress we were under as a family, but it didn't chan