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So my daughter is a senior now, coming to the end of a long journey watching her bloom as a person thru college life and sport. Sitting in wonder at the woman she has become...
Today she was given the opener for her last season, she has pitched every opening day she has been in college. Today she felt the sting again. Threw a full game, 7 k's, 1 walk, 6 hits but lost as errors led to three runs.... I wasn't able to attend but watched via the computer hook up to the game feed... when it was done I called her, told her I was proud and I just said "you pitched great" and left it at that, I usually add "good enough to win, but didn't this time figuring she knows... She responded by saying "the new girls tried hard, there was no quit in them" then she said... thank you for not blaming them for this loss, I could have thrown better...
I was floored... and so proud I could have burst... this kid is special. I wonder who her mother slept with because that can't be my gene pool....
Anyway, I wonder what I will do after she pitches that final out of her final game? Always told myself that I'd be cool.... now that that last season has begun I'm not so sure.....
Those of you that still have young ones, savor those special moments... they really do grow up soooo very fast....
So my daughter is a senior now, coming to the end of a long journey watching her bloom as a person thru college life and sport. Sitting in wonder at the woman she has become...
Today she was given the opener for her last season, she has pitched every opening day she has been in college. Today she felt the sting again. Threw a full game, 7 k's, 1 walk, 6 hits but lost as errors led to three runs.... I wasn't able to attend but watched via the computer hook up to the game feed... when it was done I called her, told her I was proud and I just said "you pitched great" and left it at that, I usually add "good enough to win, but didn't this time figuring she knows... She responded by saying "the new girls tried hard, there was no quit in them" then she said... thank you for not blaming them for this loss, I could have thrown better...
I was floored... and so proud I could have burst... this kid is special. I wonder who her mother slept with because that can't be my gene pool....
Anyway, I wonder what I will do after she pitches that final out of her final game? Always told myself that I'd be cool.... now that that last season has begun I'm not so sure.....
Those of you that still have young ones, savor those special moments... they really do grow up soooo very fast....
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