My husband is a Weekend Warrior.  What does that mean?  It means that he continues to play his favorite sports, ice hockey and lacrosse.  Every Sunday night he packs his giant bag of gear and gathers with his buddies, “The Fossils,” for SNHL. This is male bonding at its finest, and these guys take their sport seriously.  This means back and forth e-mails during the week from their leader, Brian, covering all ground; the lineup, the recap, and all sorts of commentary in between.  Brian even writes a December year in review mentioning each player’s memorable moments in the past year and what might be in store in the coming year!  It is truly a circle of caring.  On a recent Sunday night my fourteen year old daughter had a group of friends over for dinner.  As Eric was leaving with his hockey bag slung over his shoulder, one of the girls looked at me and said,”I can tell that his GUY TIME must be really important to him–especially because he lives in a house of women.”  Where do these perceptive children come from??  Later in the evening he returns and slips into bed enveloped in several Paradice icepacks; the large cuff for a groin pull, the medium cuff for a bum knee, and the small cuff providing relief for a puck to the shin!  But there he is radiating happiness (and cold!), because he can still do what he loves to do…..