Article September 15, 2014 Issue

My softball story

Jade

One day after school my mom said I had a softball game. So I got ready, putting on my team shirt, socks, and cleats. When we got to the field, I remembered that at my last game the girl pitching to me had hit me hard in the side with the ball. I remembered I’d cried a lot.

I told my mom that I didn’t want to play softball anymore. I didn’t want to be hit by the ball again. She said she would pray for me. She told me that God had only good for each of us. He didn’t make one of His ideas to hurt another.

When I was almost up to bat at the game that day, I was worried, but I saw the pitcher was very good and only threw strikes. Then, right before it was my turn, both of my coaches came to me and said to “smack the ball hard” (I had not hit any balls in games yet, even though I’d been a good batter in practices).