I was a reluctant hockey mom. Here's how my disdain for the game turned into pride

This First Person column is written by Jocelyn Crocker, whose son plays hockey in Edmonton. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.

It’s December and I’m in a chilly Okotoks, Alta., arena, watching a sport that I’ve hated since I was a kid and I’m sobbing. No one is more surprised than me that I’m shedding tears of joy.

I am at a hockey tournament and my 11-year-old son Francis has just won the “heart and hustle award” for playing his best ever game, and as a result, the final shreds of my long and determined dislike