Lauren Burroughs

@McMatt_87 @alliseeisgold Of the tournament* 😬

@LoloBurroughs @alliseeisgold watch out! 😂

I don’t care what this call is… Valencia is my new favorite wrestler.

One of my favorite themes from last night’s final was the emotion shown between family members. You could tell most of these families had shared dreams. & they cared deeply about how important it was to their wrestlers. Siblings embracing in tears sent me. Amazing job parents 🫡

This is the kind of match that makes people fall in love with wrestling.

Never not disgusted by doping.

I was going back between PA States, Big 10s & 12s and now I’m back at Women’s NCAAs and oh my word if you’re not watching you’re missing some AWESOME matches. ELECTRIC. And the production has been top notch (clearly biased here, but well done, @espn !)

The best 🫡

Retweet if you’ve ever been on a call with @alliseeisgold and a baby has been screaming in the background…

@allysonschwab “A good day.” Wow. Thanks for a beautiful reminder, friend.

As I lay here with the twins I had words on my heart…. The heartbreak of your kids getting older is realizing they don’t need you like they once did…. Tonight Jenna fell asleep on the couch and as I lifted her up, I realized how long it had been since I had carried her somewhere and it hurt. You never know it’s the last until it’s the last. Their langue changes from mama to mommy to mom ( and probably bruh). Those little misspoken phrases and words you didn’t correct because it was their last little bit of baby left in them are no longer heard. Don’t get me started on when they get a car. All the sudden they don’t need me, but I need them. I don’t know if it’s the tragedy in Texas or just the simple realization of time is never within our control. We can’t stop it, we can’t slow it, we can only choose what we do with it. I’m trying to remember that and give myself grace that none of my children have had the same mother growing up. I’ve grown along side them, constantly working to be better for them, for me, and also fully aware I constantly fail. You are not the same mother at child one as you are at child 3&4- doesn’t mean one or the other was bad or wrong, but you’re more seasoned at 3&4. Tonight I read a quote that said “ Don’t be so concerned in giving them a good life that you forget to give them a good day.” How convicting. I feel like slow down or a more singular focus has been on my mind a lot these past 3-4 months and I feel like my brain is playing tug aware within itself. One side is saying how can I not take advantage of all life has to offer if I’m not involved in it all and the other is saying the ones under your roof and that call on you as a bonus or second mom could use you more. Maybe you’ve felt the same: a struggle between being known for something and being known to someone. Can we live our life in a way where we take advantage of all that we are called to, but with discernment as to what is calling us to that? This is my mind- all over the place, but it always comes back to the same thing -am how I living, how I’m working or how I’m parenting going to be what I want them to emulate in their own lives when they are my age?

“We should all chill out a bit.” Best advice we can all cling to at youth wrestling tournaments 🎯👏🏽

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@Carrchamp @alliseeisgold CHAMP CHAMP!!!

@alliseeisgold @LoloBurroughs

Wrestling needs David Carr 💥

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Within 2 minutes of the Bills losing I got called to one of my kid’s bedrooms to clean up vomit. Likely more kids to follow, I’m sure. How the rest of you doing in Buffalo? 😭

LET HIM COOOOOOOKKKKK

Kids throwing tantrums after a match is very telling as well. Sports exaggerate our kid’s emotions and these moments are huge teaching moments. Being able to control your emotions under high amounts of stress is a superpower they will keep for the rest of their lives 🔑

Hey @BarrySanders you want make a bet for tomorrow’s game #BillsVsLions

@allysonschwab 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

A thread: If you don’t like cheesy things skip this post ya grinch 😉 Today was one of those days that from the moment I walked in the area and saw them warming each other up until the end of the day my heart was so full. Nothing to do with their results ( yes I’m competitive love winning) , but everything to do with them caring for one another. It felt so long until they would compete together on the same team and then boom it was here. The thing I’ve preached most to them is at the end of the day your brother is your #1. Friends can come and go, but down the road you will have shared some of your worst and best moments together.