Note: This anonymous post came to all current Crew parents via the crew eTree as the new season (fall 2009) ramped up. - Editor
Dear Crew Parents:
My name is *****. I'm a Crew Parent in recovery...
It has been nearly 3 1/2 years since my last CJ's or Crew carpool. I'm going to leave this group now, but wanted to share some thoughts about the madness of BHS Crew, and your part in enabling it to exist. Here goes:
I had two very different rowers (***** and *****,'06). My daughter is almost 6' tall & very stubborn - she would have made an excellent Viking in another age. My foster daughter was tiny - in 9th grade she was recruited by a novice friend who thought she'd be a great coxswain. Turns out she was a little indecisive...and very, very near-sighted. She switched to rowing within weeks. She stayed with it, despite medical issues and chronic lack of sleep because she just couldn't bear to quit the team. She couldn't let them down. They both rowed 4 years, they're both in college now and neither is now rowing. Was it worth it? Oh, yes.
Here are some things that may reassure you, as you totter on the precipice of another 10 month Crew season...
