Minnesota High School Coach Has A Heartfelt Tradition

No truer words have ever been spoken than the ones that say, “in a relationship, there’s give and there is take”.  Sometimes we have to support our partners in their endeavors and there should be times they are there for us.  

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For six years, I spent 8 months of the year on the timetable and schedule of football and basketball teams, their schedules and the times that coaches set down for their team. Attending practices, and traveling with the teams all while working 40+ hours per week in the other part of my job, left limited time for my wife and I. 

I made it a tradition every year, that the 2-3 times per year my travels took me close to a luxury purse outlet store, I would go buy my wife something she enjoys. It was my way of saying I Love You and Thank You for allowing me to do what I did for a living.  

I recently learned of a high school football coach in Minnesota that has his own tradition with his wife during the season. Ben Geisler is the head football coach at Cambridge-Isanti, he and his wife Aminta have been married for 11 years.  

Each Friday during the football season, the coach writes his wife a love letter. In a recent story from KARE 11 Television Coach Geisler explains that notes aren’t long per say, but it’s a way to acknowledge their marriage and how much it means to him. 

Mrs. Geisler has kept all the letters. Some of them come from painful times in their lives, like when she suffered a miscarriage, to other difficult times that life brings up for everyone.  

Coach Geisler knows what many people who have been around athletics know, it’s time consuming. Making and keeping a connection with your family can be hard during the season, but the weekly love notes are something that Aminta Geisler looks forward to and is a reminder that the coach hasn’t forgotten the other role in his life, that he is a husband and a father.