I will be at Charlotte and Jenifer will not be at Matthews. Ellie got selected to play on her softball league’s all-star team from this area and the games begin Friday, hosted in Anson county, and go on Fri., Sat., Sun., and Mon.
We are very proud of Ellie but my opinion of youth ball is checked with a frequently bitten tongue. It is madness. Growing up playing Little League, there were few if any parents at the games, just boys playing baseball and having fun. Yeah, we wanted to win but it was understood when two team met, one would win and one would lose. No need to cry about it and you still had chores to do when you got home regardless if you won or lost.
Now there are parents and grandparents micro-managing their kids, what is supposed to be play time, as a focus of their existence.
We actually had to sign a form this year that we would not verbally harass coaches , players, or umpires during the course of a game. Apparently that has become a problem.
My point of view is that playing ball is not fair, school is not fair, the workplace is not fair, growing orgainc vegetables on a small scale and competing with the industrial food complex is not fair either.
My answer is to the above “problems” is quit whining, accept the challenge and change what you think needs changing. Just shut up about how unfair stuff is.
Limited eggs, tons of Lettuce, the last of Levi’s onions, garlic, and arugula and maybe some Zephyer squash.
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