The day your child is born may not be THE best day of your life (because, really, what does that say about every day after that). But, hey, doesn't the birth of your child tend to overshadow everything else that happened around that time?
Let's hope so for Casey Jennings.
The pro volleyball player had a horrendous day in the sand on Saturday, finishing in seventh place with partner Matt Fuerbringer at the AVP Crocs Tour Huntington Beach Open. But Jennings walked off a pretty happy guy - it was less than twenty-four hours since wife Kerri Walsh (the Olympic gold medalist) had given birth to a little boy.
Jennings played in matches (and won them) on Friday, but he made it home in time to escort Walsh to the hospital and be present at the birth of Joseph Michael. But he said his finish on Saturday was most disappointing because it doesn't carry with it the story he'd hoped to tell Joey down the road.
"I wanted to win and be able to tell him, 'The day after you were born
I kicked some butt, and that 'The day you were born I kicked some
butt!'" Jennings told the LA Times.
Otherwise, Jennings was on top of the world. And a seventh place finish wasn't going to change that.
Can you blame him? Did you have something really crappy happen around the birth of your child that you were able to power through because this was just SO much better?
Image: LA Times
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