Monday, January 19, 2015

Volunteer Life


Flu didn’t keep us from visiting Clare at Valpo this weekend, and flu didn’t keep her from helping out at softball.  That included going outside Saturday to work on plays at the (snow-covered) field.  Clare took pictures for the disbelieving.  I guess this is what happens when you hire someone whose coaching résumé includes a stint at West Point.

We filled up our little sickie with medicine Saturday night so she could get up at 5:30 AM the next morning to handle outfielders at an all-day camp.  Something like 125 girls showed up, and one of them, a pitcher, won the lottery.  She probably had the best stuff of her life, enough so Coach offered her a scholarship on the spot.
“This is what a girl dreams about,” Clare related over the phone.  “To go to a camp like that, do really good and have someone see it.”  I was just happy that fifteen hours into her day our volunteer coach had enough energy left to tell the story.  Someone will notice, someday.

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