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I love the Olympics. I have been spending far too much time in front of the TV, watching sports that normally don't interest me. Yesterday I was fascinated by the biathlon. Good stuff.

Which brings me to Lindsey Vonn. Unless you've been under a rock, you know that she is the best female skier in the world, and she has the medals to prove it. But she didn't get where she is alone. When she was a teenager, her family uprooted itself and moved to Colorado so she could train. My husband asked me, "Would you do that for Nicholas?"

A good question. My immediate answer is "yes", but of course that leaves out all the practical issues. Where would we get jobs? What would we do without the incredible support system we have here? And it's an easier question for me because Nicholas' siblings are so much older. They'd be out of college and on their own by that time. It makes me wonder about Lindsey's brothers and sisters - how did they feel about being hauled across the country for their sister's career?

Obviously, this is most likely a rhetorical question. I don't expect my little boy to be an athletic phenom - certainly not with the most uncoordinated person on earth for his mother. But it's interesting to consider. Like most things in motherhood, there's no easy answer. Oh, except this one: Yes, when Nicholas gets drafted by the Yankees, we'll be moving to New York.