“I feel so bad for him.”
Her words were confusing to me at first, but when I realized her meaning, I struggled to find words to respond. I’m not generally rendered speechless; however, in that moment, I weighed my response carefully.
She was talking about my son, age six, who sometimes can’t hit the ball when he’s up to bat. It’s his first year and he practices and is trying. Every night, he practices in the yard. And, sometimes at the games, he hits the ball but other times, like tonight, it took many pitches before he made it to first base.
And as I listened to her words, I muddled a response, but here’s what I wish I had said: Continue Reading