Softball Awards 2014

Not much has been posted about our softball season because it sort of gets lost in all of the year-end activity. This year the duo moved up from t-ball to coach pitch softball, and the team consisted of 7-9 year old girls. The duo and their buddy from last year were the youngest and smallest, and there were several really good players on the team. Needless to say, Lauren and Grace were a little intimidated.

When we started the season, the duo were out of practice and were having trouble hitting. When their coach and Skip (Skip doesn't sign up to coach due to some work travel, but always assists) lined the girls up for some extra batting practice one night, I knew our team was special when the older girls cheered at every swing and unleashed some serious accolades when they finally connected with the ball (or, as I said early in the season, when Coach Matt finally hit their bats with the ball!) The girls on our team were the sweetest, kindest 8 and 9 year olds, and they really cheered for everyone on the team.  Gracie found her swing and begin regularly hitting some line drives, and Lauren soon got into a good rhythm as well. Those generous girls showed them how to be better players, how to win.

After awards night, the duo took off with a teammate's older sister. They played for a solid hour and a half and, when the evening came to a close, she hugged each of them and said, "I love you guys soooo much. I'm gonna miss you!"

We will miss that amazing team of sweet girls, their equally kind parents, and coaches (and wives) that were a blessing to us all. We had an awesome year!