Lady in Waiting

Single Jewish Lady waiting to get out of New York.

Monday, July 17, 2006

how late is too late

So, how late is too late? I'm playing softball tonight for my first time since high school. I havn't touched my glove since then. High school was about 7 years ago.
The story. I played competetive softball since the begining of my time. I don't have a memory that doesn't have softball in it. I had a few offers from colleges to play for them, but I had other plans. I chose to go the religious route. I turned down my scholarships to go for a year to Israel. This was a choice that had been weighing me down. A really hard choice to make. How could i give up something that has been part of my life for so long? But I guess I realized that my religion had been apart of me longer and went with that choice. So, when i made that decision I put down my bat and I put down my catchers mitt and said that was all the softball I would play.
My friend broke her foot. She somehow stepped on it wrong and it went all out of wack. She is now a gimp. The one thing she asked of me was to take over for her in her softball leaugue. I had to say yes to one upcoming game cause she forced me. But I felt had moved on from softball when I became religious. Is it weird for me to be scared? Is it going to be weird for me that I won't be able to hit a ball? Is it going to be weird that I'm going to be the only one in a skirt? Softball was my past, but I guess i'm bringing it into my present.
Wish me luck!


1 Comments:

Blogger SusQHB said...

its like riding a bike. being frum and loving something that you know you're good at is not contradictory. you don't lose your ability to throw out a runner stealing second from a catcher's crouch the second you step off a plane in israel. it might be harder to crouch in a skirt, but thats a different story all together. trust me. i love you reifer!!

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