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What We're Taking to "Show and Tell"
Jun. 16th, 2010 09:53 pmAfter one season, my grandson's "Knights of Columbus" baseball jersey is badly faded. He's been playing twice a week for the past two months and what began as deep burgundy with white block letters is now a machine-laundered ghost of its former self.
Even so, it owes us nothing, has served its purpose. Jason is seven and this was his first year of Little League baseball. It's unlikely that the shirt would even fit next season. And, even if it did, it's not certain that he'd be on the same team again.
Tomorrow is "show and tell" day in his first grade class and he's going to bring the trophy he received Sunday at the Little League award ceremony. The real reward, though, is the confidence he now seems to feel around the other kids.
It's been kind of a grind, getting him to both baseball and soccer games every week for the past two months. But seeing him interact as he now does with his peers is better than any trophy, which will soon be gathering dust on the fireplace mantle, or even the memories held by the faded jersey, similarly relegated to a forgotten corner of his dresser drawer...
LPK
LiveJournal
6.16.2010
Even so, it owes us nothing, has served its purpose. Jason is seven and this was his first year of Little League baseball. It's unlikely that the shirt would even fit next season. And, even if it did, it's not certain that he'd be on the same team again.
Tomorrow is "show and tell" day in his first grade class and he's going to bring the trophy he received Sunday at the Little League award ceremony. The real reward, though, is the confidence he now seems to feel around the other kids.
It's been kind of a grind, getting him to both baseball and soccer games every week for the past two months. But seeing him interact as he now does with his peers is better than any trophy, which will soon be gathering dust on the fireplace mantle, or even the memories held by the faded jersey, similarly relegated to a forgotten corner of his dresser drawer...
LPK
LiveJournal
6.16.2010
