A year ago, I got the surprising news that Denny and Chad (BIL) took second (out of 150 teams) in one of the biggest fishing tournaments in the Midwest. It was so great! They scouted the lake and put in a lot of time to compete ... it paid off!
Fast forward to the 2011 tournament. Denny was discouraged. The tournament was on Clark Lake, which is where Denny always used to fish when we lived on Reed Road, but the reports were consistently saying no one was catching fish ... including Denny.
I tried to convince him that it didn't matter how he did ... to just have fun. Ha! Well, they had one trick up their sleeves. Denny had logged a location where he has caught fish in past years. They decided not to fish it before the tournament because they didn't want anyone else to catch on.
Last night, I asked Denny if they planned to try that spot, and he said that was where they planned to start. It worked! BUT, another team got to the the same location as them. Apparently these guys stumbled onto the spot a week or so ago. Those other guys, they won the tournament. Denny and Chad took sixth. Mostly, I'm proud of his attitude. Well, I'm so happy they finished in the top 10 as well!
He knows that if those guys had not lucked out and found that spot, they would have caught even more fish there, but he is happy with how the day went. I am so honored to be married to someone who is a good sport, who understands that life is more than competition, but who still loves to play the game. I'm not sure if I'm making any sense right now. It's kind of hard to express the type of man he is through this example ... I'm just happy and proud today!
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