If what I believe could be true, it would be sad that one (or two) of our guys are going to waste 2 years of hard work and brotherhood in H1 Thunder ... just because one (or both) of them have a crush on a girl who plays for another team. If that's not true, then one (or both) are just being greedy by wanting to play for another team AGAINST their Thunder brothers in our next league.
That's just greedy, cutting out of our team practices to play for a team that has always tried to steal our players, and then their coaches smile to our faces like nothing happened. Lanakila. For the guys today and those in the past who tried to two-time us or just disappeared, the cut was clean. They never got their new uniforms or were allowed back into our family no matter how often they asked. Or we just cancelled their uniform order, which it looks like I'll have to do soon.
We've been blessed since our team started in 2010. And our parents and supporters and players and coaches have been so devoted to blessing ALL our kids, not just a few. If they don't have the money, we pitch in for their uniforms, league fees ($50-60 per player, per league), tournament fees, plane tickets ($800-1,000), hotel costs, van rentals, FOOD... all the miles we drove to bring them to games and practices.
So it's heartbreaking when that love and aloha is not returned. But we will grow stronger, as we always have when certain kids leave, and grow closer together.
God is good and always will be. Thank the Lord for all blessings, pray for our guys (and gals) and families in need. Pray for our Thunder who are injured (Jance, Micah, Chris). Keep moving forward together. Sometimes the Lord adds to our lives by subtracting for our own good. It just stings and hurts for awhile because ALL of our Thunder keiki are like nephews and nieces to me. Our team started because my nephew and his teammates became friends and wanted to keep playing together after being drafted together in KAC League (2010). So that spirit and feeling that all our kids are family is still with me, long after my nephew went on his own (now in (college).
It's hard to trust and let go, but at this point, it's the only way. God is good.
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