We had little league tryouts this weekend. As one of the coaches I will draft a team
then we will spend about a month preparing for the season before we play about
11 games followed by the post season.
Needless to say, over the next few months there will be a lot of
baseball. Tonight I was talked with the
other dad that will coach with me and one of the thoughts we shared is that we
are really lucky.
Sure the season can get long and there will be nights that I
don’t want to go to practice and there will be game plans I don’t want to write
and there will be kids who play in the dirt when they are supposed to be getting
ready for the next pitch. Sure all of
those will happen but there are some other things that will help me keep
perspective during those rough times.
We live in a time and a place where I and my kids can
dedicate significant portions of our time to a game. My kids don’t have to work to help support
the family and after the game we’ll always have a home to return to and food to
eat.
Well, you might have to wait awhile for the food to be ready, but yeah. If you are really lucky, like me, your kids will still be playing ball when you are a grandpa, and you will have some grandkids to watch when you can. AND, you will have a chance to reach out to some kids who aren't yours, and be there for them too. Yup. Lucky.
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