It has been a while since I have posted...Life has been busy and God has been good...I would like to remind everyone that November 2nd is coming soon and we all need to get out there and vote...As you go to vote I encourage you all to remember who has been in control of Congress the last 4 years and what party has been in control of the White House the last 2 years...I ask you to think about what they have done the last 4 years...Do you really want this country to continue on the path that it is headed?? I hope not...So remember on November 2nd your vote can make a difference!!!!
I have noticed that there seems to be alot of bullying going on around the state and it seems to me that the schools are getting the blame for most of it...Why is this?? Why do we not hold the child and his/her parents accountable for their(and their kids)actions?? I agree that the schools have a right to protect our children and that they should notify all parties involved in a bully case...But when do we make the kids and parents accountable?? The fact is most bullys are nothing but cowards...They think they are really big people when they can bully on a smaller child or make someone feel less than they do of themselves...Most bullys just need to be faced down and taken care off...Here is the thing most school kids know who the bully is...I don't advocate fighting by any means...walk away when you can is my motto...But sometimes if 3-4 kids would just gang up on the bully and give him some school yard justice...That bully would change his/her attitude pretty quickly....
Well, I must say that I am very proud of my wife...She has been making nothing but straight A's in college since going back to school!! I will be glad when she graduates and our lives return to some kind of normal status again...But until then I hope she can keep it up!! All A's what an accomplishment!!!
My son is also doing very well in school...So far all A's and B's....He seemed to enjoy football this year and has now transitioned to basketball...So there has been no rest...What can I say..I played sports in school and I was pretty involved with everything...So I am proud of him, keep it up son and I promise you that dad will always be there to support you...In whatever you decide to do...
My daughter is something else...She is doing great in school as well...I swear she is growing up so fast on me...She is 8 going on 18!! She has joined Girl Scouts again and I am really surprised that she likes it so well...She told me the other day that she wanted to play softball so it looks like my wife and I will probably be spending our summers at the park again...But this time just as parents...Not as Rec Board members or anything else..LOL..
So how am I doing?!?!? Well, I have been doing ok...I am kind of sad that football season is over with...I am really looking forward to next year because I will get to start the football season with the boys and I will feel like a part of the coaching staff...This year I came on board as a coach with only 3 games left and it was tough getting myself into the system and earning the trust of the boys...My business is still chugging along, it has been slow but we are making it...I am sure that Obama will give me a bail-out if I need it don't you?!?!? Whatever...I will be so glad to see that man out of office, he is a disgrace to this country...But with that said I do pray that God will open lead BHO and maybe open his eyes to lead this country in a better direction...My baby sister just got married so I am happy for her and I hope all works out for them and they have a long and happy life...Marriage is really tough and it takes alot of work to make it work....
Well that's about it for today...I hope that God Blesses you all...Remember there is no perfect Christian and we have all sinned and fallen short of the glory of God.....But just keep working toward that goal of being more Christ like...If you stumble or fall that is ok just keep crawling to the Lord and He will take care of you!!
Randy "Shrek" Weaver
Thursday, October 28, 2010
Tuesday, October 5, 2010
10/5/2010....What the heck is going on with the world today?!?!?
You know I can remember growing up in Beech Grove, Indiana as a kid...I would walk to the park, down the street to the store and Dairy Queen...I would walk to school and home and for the most part never had any fear of being beat up or shot at or killed....Granted we had a few bullies who liked to show themselves every now and then but you know back then it was a good ole fist fit and the kids were on their way...And usually the one that got beat up had his pride hurt for awhile but in a few days everyone was friends again...
In today's society it seems like every time I turn around I am hearing news that kids are shot, someone is on a shooting spree, kids are fighting in school with knives and guns, adults and kids are raping adults and kids...Teachers are having sex with students and student are just having sex....Does it ever stop or end?!?!?
Let me start out by saying this...I think that there has always been bad and evil in this world but in today's world we are just more aware of the issues because of the news media, computers, television, cell phones and whatever else people use to get their news from...The problems have always been here and they will always continue to be here...Here is the thing thou, I believe we have always had these problems but today there seems to be alot more of it going on....
My question is this...Why?? Why do we as society allow this to happen? Why do we as parents allow this to happen? Why do we as a country allow this to happen? Why??
I will tell you why this happens..Now this is just my view point and if you don't like it and you do not agree...So be it, I don't care......
This is happening because we as a society, as parents and as a country have lost focus on God, morals and respect for others...We as a society have gotten to politically correct in our thinking and we do not want to offend someone...Or better yet we do not want to spank our children because that hurts their ego/pride and crushes them and later in life they will have problems because they have been spanked....
Lets start with our focus on God...God is the creator, the author of the world and we today have shun Him...We have taken God out of our schools, our homes and our everyday lives!! Why?? Why have we done this?? I will tell you why...It is because our government and the Christians of this country did not stand up and take a stand against those who said they were being discriminated against because they had to pray with us in school...or because they had to have a Bible verse read to them or because someone said God Bless you....It is time for Christians and our government to take a stand and say that we are not going to allow this stuff to happen anymore....This is America, this country was founded upon Christian values and Morals...It is time to bring God back into the homes and into our schools...And back into our lives!!
Parents.......It is time for us to stand up...We need to stand up for God number one and secondly, we need to stand up for our children....Parents it is time that we step up to the plate and take responsibility for our children!! You know what, it is not the job of the school, the church or the government to raise our kids...That is our job!! When a child does something wrong it is the job of mom and dad to discipline that child and to teach them right from wrong...It is not the job of the church, the school or the government to teach out children right from wrong...They need to learn it from you, you the parents...So step up mom and dad!! It is our jobs are parents to discipline our kids...I am not saying that we should beat our kids that is obviously wrong....But I am saying that it is okay to smack your kid's bottom with a belt...Since when has it become a crime to teach your child right from wrong?? Since when is it wrong to use a belt on the bottom if it is needed?? Since when do we allow schools to tell our children what is morally right and wrong when it comes to sex?? Mom and dad THAT IS YOUR JOB!!!! If you don't want to raise your kids...DO NOT HAVE KIDS!!!! PERIOD!!!
Society today has really gone astray in my opinion...We have let down the children, the elderly and God...It is time that we as a society step up and take responsibility...We need to quit the blame game and take responsibility for where we are at..If we do not change our course and path we are all in big trouble...We need to learn to respect our elders and discipline our children and respect God...If we do this we can and will change the path of the world...But this seems to be very difficult to do in today's society.
In the end, we all need to take personal responsibility for our own actions..I will say that life is tough but we do have an owner's manual...and that manual is the Bible...God knows we are not perfect that is why He sent His son to earth...to live as a man...and to die upon that cross for our sins....But we must strive to live according to His word the best we can...We must strive to make our children better people and to teach them to respect those around them...We must teach our children to love...Just as God loved us!! We must be willing to put it all on the line just as God put His ONLY Son on the cross for us....
So I will end my rant with this....Go forth and show your love for the world and let God's love shine thru you..You may be the only person to show God's love to people and make a difference in their lives..So carry on and let God shine thru you!!
Randy "Shrek" Weaver
In today's society it seems like every time I turn around I am hearing news that kids are shot, someone is on a shooting spree, kids are fighting in school with knives and guns, adults and kids are raping adults and kids...Teachers are having sex with students and student are just having sex....Does it ever stop or end?!?!?
Let me start out by saying this...I think that there has always been bad and evil in this world but in today's world we are just more aware of the issues because of the news media, computers, television, cell phones and whatever else people use to get their news from...The problems have always been here and they will always continue to be here...Here is the thing thou, I believe we have always had these problems but today there seems to be alot more of it going on....
My question is this...Why?? Why do we as society allow this to happen? Why do we as parents allow this to happen? Why do we as a country allow this to happen? Why??
I will tell you why this happens..Now this is just my view point and if you don't like it and you do not agree...So be it, I don't care......
This is happening because we as a society, as parents and as a country have lost focus on God, morals and respect for others...We as a society have gotten to politically correct in our thinking and we do not want to offend someone...Or better yet we do not want to spank our children because that hurts their ego/pride and crushes them and later in life they will have problems because they have been spanked....
Lets start with our focus on God...God is the creator, the author of the world and we today have shun Him...We have taken God out of our schools, our homes and our everyday lives!! Why?? Why have we done this?? I will tell you why...It is because our government and the Christians of this country did not stand up and take a stand against those who said they were being discriminated against because they had to pray with us in school...or because they had to have a Bible verse read to them or because someone said God Bless you....It is time for Christians and our government to take a stand and say that we are not going to allow this stuff to happen anymore....This is America, this country was founded upon Christian values and Morals...It is time to bring God back into the homes and into our schools...And back into our lives!!
Parents.......It is time for us to stand up...We need to stand up for God number one and secondly, we need to stand up for our children....Parents it is time that we step up to the plate and take responsibility for our children!! You know what, it is not the job of the school, the church or the government to raise our kids...That is our job!! When a child does something wrong it is the job of mom and dad to discipline that child and to teach them right from wrong...It is not the job of the church, the school or the government to teach out children right from wrong...They need to learn it from you, you the parents...So step up mom and dad!! It is our jobs are parents to discipline our kids...I am not saying that we should beat our kids that is obviously wrong....But I am saying that it is okay to smack your kid's bottom with a belt...Since when has it become a crime to teach your child right from wrong?? Since when is it wrong to use a belt on the bottom if it is needed?? Since when do we allow schools to tell our children what is morally right and wrong when it comes to sex?? Mom and dad THAT IS YOUR JOB!!!! If you don't want to raise your kids...DO NOT HAVE KIDS!!!! PERIOD!!!
Society today has really gone astray in my opinion...We have let down the children, the elderly and God...It is time that we as a society step up and take responsibility...We need to quit the blame game and take responsibility for where we are at..If we do not change our course and path we are all in big trouble...We need to learn to respect our elders and discipline our children and respect God...If we do this we can and will change the path of the world...But this seems to be very difficult to do in today's society.
In the end, we all need to take personal responsibility for our own actions..I will say that life is tough but we do have an owner's manual...and that manual is the Bible...God knows we are not perfect that is why He sent His son to earth...to live as a man...and to die upon that cross for our sins....But we must strive to live according to His word the best we can...We must strive to make our children better people and to teach them to respect those around them...We must teach our children to love...Just as God loved us!! We must be willing to put it all on the line just as God put His ONLY Son on the cross for us....
So I will end my rant with this....Go forth and show your love for the world and let God's love shine thru you..You may be the only person to show God's love to people and make a difference in their lives..So carry on and let God shine thru you!!
Randy "Shrek" Weaver
Saturday, October 2, 2010
10/1/2010....Football Memories
Ok, I am just gonna have to take this page and talk about some old football memories and go back into time..
Let me start by saying that I attended Sheridan High School and played football for Larry "Bud" Wright(the greatest coach in high school football history)...And this past month the Class of 1990(year I graduated) celebrated it's 20 year reunion...So the memories this year have just come flooding back to me and every time I go to a Sheridan Football game I can see myself back on that field...And I have started coaching football again at Clinton Central...So again the memories have flooded back....
Ok so here it goes...I moved into the Sheridan School District when I was a 7th grader and I had no idea that Sheridan was a football school(see I am originally from the Beech Grove Area and had never heard of Sheridan)...I made some friends that summer before school started and had told some of them that I was going to try out for football that year...And they just laughed at me and said I would never make it because I was a move in and didn't have the NAME to play for Sheridan....Well I just laughed it off and said I would do the best I could do and we will see what happens!!
Now it comes time for football practice to start..The thing was it was high school practice and not junior high(remember I am a 7th grader)...So I show up to the high school football practice(on my moped, ohhh by the way I was 6 ft tall and 220 pounds or so as a 7th grader so I looked older) and I walk out onto the field and asked who the coach was...They pointed me in the direction of this little man on the field...I kind of thought to myself this little man is the coach?? OOOoookkkkk....So I walked over to the coach and I introduced myself to him and told him I wanted to play football...He then asked me if I was a freshman and I said no and his eyes just about popped out of his eye sockets...He said son your practice actually starts tonight and I will be there to talk to you....I think I made his day telling him I was a 7th grader...
So that night I showed up for practice and so started my quest to be a Sheridan Football Player...It did not take me long to figure out that Sheridan had a rich history in football and I was apart of something special!! Anyways, that first night of practice was very eye opening to me...I don't think I had ever been worked so hard or yelled at so much...I thought for sure I had gotten in way over my head and that I had joined the military!! We did push ups...Up-Downs....Sit-ups....And ran our butts off....I also learned that day respect..We were never allowed to talk during practice, cross our arms or ever back talk a coach or anyone older than us...You see football is more than just a sport..It should teach a child discipline and respect!!
Anyways, my 7th and 8th grade year of football was alot of fun and very educational for me..It taught me that hard work and dedication pay off...That we should always respect our elders and those in a position of authority and finally it taught me how to control my temper and how to channel it to use it to my advantage...My junior high years were alot of fun and a time for growing up...Thank you Coach Good, Coach Brimberry, Coach May and all of my other junior high coaches for your tough love during some of the most important times of a young man's life!!
My freshman year was an interesting year for me...It was actually a great growing year for me...My freshman year I was a pretty big boy...I was about 6'3 and if I remember right somewhere around 250 pounds..So I was just as big if not bigger than some of the seniors...I soon found out that this year was going to be a growing year for me...Not in size and weight but in maturity...This year I played on both the freshman team and also played once in a while on the varsity team...On the freshman team I was a fullback but during the week I practiced with the varsity as a lineman..It was a good thing I knew both positions!! LOL..It was really tough being a freshman and wanting to make a name for myself and wanting to make the varsity squad as something more than just a practice dummy...I soon learned that what I was doing was just as important as those who were playing and that what I was doing was going to make me a better football player and make those around me a better football player....
It is now my sophomore year and I am now a starter on the Varsity Football Squad...I played and started on both the offensive and defensive line(I played tackle). I must admit, I loved playing on the line..I loved the fact that I was in the trenches and it was a battle every down..It was up to me weather or not that running back was going to make yards or if the quarterback was going to make that perfect throw..Yes, it is the linemen who are the unsung heroes of the game..I was a very intense player and always loved the challenge of trying to out think the other players...This was a great year for me...We lost two games that year(Hamilton Southeastern and Zionsville) but still went on to win the state championship in Class A Football...Ohhh by the way HSE and Zionsville both went on to win in their classes that year also.
Now is my junior year and what a year it was...This is the year Sheridan made National Headlines and we were breaking National Records as a team and we went undefeated for the year...My junior year was amazing and the team that year played really well together and was probably the most fun I had during my years of football....It is probably the one year I would live all over again if I could!!
It is now my senior year, my final year of high school and to find out later my final year of football...My senior year was a bitter-sweet year...We should have been the first 3peat team from Sheridan to win the state 3 years in a row but we had some turmoil on the team and i think by the end of the season everyone was tired and ready to give it up...My senior year we lost 2 games...We lost to Western Boone our very first game of the year and we also lost to Lafayette Catholic Central in the play-offs....I will never forget that feeling of knowing that my high school football career had come to an end...But in the end, this year still had it's lessons and I learned that nothing in life is promised and that we should always have other plans ahead of us..That we need to always look for other avenues just in case!!
Well my football career end after high school..There was to be no college football..You see I had cracked my spine in high school and had a tumor grow into the crack..I graduated in June of 90 and in December of 90 I was under the knife...I now have 4 rods in my back but at least I can walk...God had different plans for me and I must say those plans have been fun and interesting along the way...And even sometimes I wounder why I have done some of the things I have done...But it is not my plan, it is God's so I will just go with the flow!! But my love of football has never went away and through the years I have been involved with football in many different ways but I must say that my favorite is coaching....Today(just very recently) I am an assistant coach on the Junior High team at Clinton Central and I look forward to sharing my passion for football with them..I hope that I teach them as much as my Coaches had taught me during my years!!
Football is a great sport and it makes the boys work together as a team and to learn respect and discipline which is something they can carry with them the rest of their lives!!
So my football career was a good one...As a player I won 2 state championships, player of the week, offensive an defensive linemen of the year...All Conference...All State...All State Small Schools and many other achievements...I tell you this not to boost but to show you that I do not care what people tell you, if you really want to make a team and you work hard at it....You will make it and you will do great at it!! Never let anyone tell you that you CAN"T!!!
Randy "Shrek" Weaver
Let me start by saying that I attended Sheridan High School and played football for Larry "Bud" Wright(the greatest coach in high school football history)...And this past month the Class of 1990(year I graduated) celebrated it's 20 year reunion...So the memories this year have just come flooding back to me and every time I go to a Sheridan Football game I can see myself back on that field...And I have started coaching football again at Clinton Central...So again the memories have flooded back....
Ok so here it goes...I moved into the Sheridan School District when I was a 7th grader and I had no idea that Sheridan was a football school(see I am originally from the Beech Grove Area and had never heard of Sheridan)...I made some friends that summer before school started and had told some of them that I was going to try out for football that year...And they just laughed at me and said I would never make it because I was a move in and didn't have the NAME to play for Sheridan....Well I just laughed it off and said I would do the best I could do and we will see what happens!!
Now it comes time for football practice to start..The thing was it was high school practice and not junior high(remember I am a 7th grader)...So I show up to the high school football practice(on my moped, ohhh by the way I was 6 ft tall and 220 pounds or so as a 7th grader so I looked older) and I walk out onto the field and asked who the coach was...They pointed me in the direction of this little man on the field...I kind of thought to myself this little man is the coach?? OOOoookkkkk....So I walked over to the coach and I introduced myself to him and told him I wanted to play football...He then asked me if I was a freshman and I said no and his eyes just about popped out of his eye sockets...He said son your practice actually starts tonight and I will be there to talk to you....I think I made his day telling him I was a 7th grader...
So that night I showed up for practice and so started my quest to be a Sheridan Football Player...It did not take me long to figure out that Sheridan had a rich history in football and I was apart of something special!! Anyways, that first night of practice was very eye opening to me...I don't think I had ever been worked so hard or yelled at so much...I thought for sure I had gotten in way over my head and that I had joined the military!! We did push ups...Up-Downs....Sit-ups....And ran our butts off....I also learned that day respect..We were never allowed to talk during practice, cross our arms or ever back talk a coach or anyone older than us...You see football is more than just a sport..It should teach a child discipline and respect!!
Anyways, my 7th and 8th grade year of football was alot of fun and very educational for me..It taught me that hard work and dedication pay off...That we should always respect our elders and those in a position of authority and finally it taught me how to control my temper and how to channel it to use it to my advantage...My junior high years were alot of fun and a time for growing up...Thank you Coach Good, Coach Brimberry, Coach May and all of my other junior high coaches for your tough love during some of the most important times of a young man's life!!
My freshman year was an interesting year for me...It was actually a great growing year for me...My freshman year I was a pretty big boy...I was about 6'3 and if I remember right somewhere around 250 pounds..So I was just as big if not bigger than some of the seniors...I soon found out that this year was going to be a growing year for me...Not in size and weight but in maturity...This year I played on both the freshman team and also played once in a while on the varsity team...On the freshman team I was a fullback but during the week I practiced with the varsity as a lineman..It was a good thing I knew both positions!! LOL..It was really tough being a freshman and wanting to make a name for myself and wanting to make the varsity squad as something more than just a practice dummy...I soon learned that what I was doing was just as important as those who were playing and that what I was doing was going to make me a better football player and make those around me a better football player....
It is now my sophomore year and I am now a starter on the Varsity Football Squad...I played and started on both the offensive and defensive line(I played tackle). I must admit, I loved playing on the line..I loved the fact that I was in the trenches and it was a battle every down..It was up to me weather or not that running back was going to make yards or if the quarterback was going to make that perfect throw..Yes, it is the linemen who are the unsung heroes of the game..I was a very intense player and always loved the challenge of trying to out think the other players...This was a great year for me...We lost two games that year(Hamilton Southeastern and Zionsville) but still went on to win the state championship in Class A Football...Ohhh by the way HSE and Zionsville both went on to win in their classes that year also.
Now is my junior year and what a year it was...This is the year Sheridan made National Headlines and we were breaking National Records as a team and we went undefeated for the year...My junior year was amazing and the team that year played really well together and was probably the most fun I had during my years of football....It is probably the one year I would live all over again if I could!!
It is now my senior year, my final year of high school and to find out later my final year of football...My senior year was a bitter-sweet year...We should have been the first 3peat team from Sheridan to win the state 3 years in a row but we had some turmoil on the team and i think by the end of the season everyone was tired and ready to give it up...My senior year we lost 2 games...We lost to Western Boone our very first game of the year and we also lost to Lafayette Catholic Central in the play-offs....I will never forget that feeling of knowing that my high school football career had come to an end...But in the end, this year still had it's lessons and I learned that nothing in life is promised and that we should always have other plans ahead of us..That we need to always look for other avenues just in case!!
Well my football career end after high school..There was to be no college football..You see I had cracked my spine in high school and had a tumor grow into the crack..I graduated in June of 90 and in December of 90 I was under the knife...I now have 4 rods in my back but at least I can walk...God had different plans for me and I must say those plans have been fun and interesting along the way...And even sometimes I wounder why I have done some of the things I have done...But it is not my plan, it is God's so I will just go with the flow!! But my love of football has never went away and through the years I have been involved with football in many different ways but I must say that my favorite is coaching....Today(just very recently) I am an assistant coach on the Junior High team at Clinton Central and I look forward to sharing my passion for football with them..I hope that I teach them as much as my Coaches had taught me during my years!!
Football is a great sport and it makes the boys work together as a team and to learn respect and discipline which is something they can carry with them the rest of their lives!!
So my football career was a good one...As a player I won 2 state championships, player of the week, offensive an defensive linemen of the year...All Conference...All State...All State Small Schools and many other achievements...I tell you this not to boost but to show you that I do not care what people tell you, if you really want to make a team and you work hard at it....You will make it and you will do great at it!! Never let anyone tell you that you CAN"T!!!
Randy "Shrek" Weaver
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