It goes to the college football player voted, basically, most valuable player in the NCAA.
As you can see in the picture, it is a trophy of a player, that while running with the ball, is trying to both cradle and protect the ball while fighting off any defender trying to get the ball from him.
On the way to work this morning, I was listening to a radio talk show that I really like. The 4 radio broadcasters were in a conversation about 'relationships' and how we, as a people in the world handle the difficulties that come in each of our unique relationships.
The first man,(JC) who happens to be married with two young children, was expressing how his relationship has just taken a turn for a more 'chaotic' stage in life, as his wife had just recently, (2 months ago) delivered their second child. He was talking about how the chaos was gradually turning into a 'routine' but the husband/wife relationship was still in a state of confusion.
The second man,(Big Al) not married, is living with his rich 'Dr. girlfriend' who works in a hospital and how they just kind of take things day to day, hoping things might progress in the future, but not doing or changing anything to make it go that way.
Kelly, who is divorced and a single mother, is middle aged, or in her early 40's, but thinks the best years of her life have passed her by. She struggles being a single mom to a sassy mouthed 7 year old and feels that it takes too much effort to juggle it all AND try to find another husband and father for her child. So, instead, she has decided to have a 31 yr old, what she calls, a 'BOY TOY' to just have fun with, use up and then spit out when she gets bored with him.
Jenna is the last of the group - single - late 20's and a career girl - has a low, raspy sexy voice, but is more a tomboy than anything else. She is the type of girl that likes to party on the weekend, but go home after work each day, put on sweats and just sit in front of the tv and veg - she does work out, keep in shape, and has no problem finding or going out on dates. But they usually never have a second date because she is lazy and puts little or no effort into pursuing her future as far as 'love' goes. She claims she doesn't have time for it - it's too hard - too much effort - but if Mr.Perfect did happen to pass right in front of her path, she might actually agree to a relationship. But she wants it to be easy - fairytale - and short. She tends to sabotage anything else.
It's to Jenna, my heart tugged. This morning, on the ride into work, she was saying how tired she is of not having 'someone' - but feeling bad that she doesn't want to try harder FOR someone either. She feels she has this little world she lives in, is comfortable in it and tries to protect it from other people trying to take it away from her or change it. She travels through her life with one hand on her emotions (ball), and her other hand fighting off those trying to take them from her - fighting them off. She called it...The Emotional Heisman.
How accurate is that...of my life too. I have my family, my comfort zone, my little box - and I have been trying to protect it, value it and keep it safe from those trying to intrude - or take it away. I have my one arm wrapped around my little cocoon, with my other hand blocking off the world.
But you know what...Jenna's not happy. There are days that she has it all together and thinks she's on top of the world. But the fact is..on those days, she's on the top of the world ALONE. I'm not alone, but I have narrowed my little sphere of influence and friends down to a small few. I need to just drop my guard a little and be willing to toss the ball around to a few other players. It's so much funner to play the game with a full team than with only a few selected players.
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