What is your DD's ''journey"?

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Jun 16, 2015
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Long time reader, former TB coach, and current HS coach here and first time poster.

My daughter, 18 year old HS senior, has had a fantastic journey that had an ending that I never anticipated. We have kept the SE hot playing softball since she was 9 years old. We have made many great memories and friendships along the way. Her junior year ended with a 32-1 record and a state title. She went 7-8 with 3HRs that weekend and was treated like a rock star for a few day!. She also signed to play two years with a local JUCO.

Fast forward to November 2016 of her senior year. I come home from running the scoreboard at a junior high basketball game and my wife meets me in the kitchen, with tears pouring down her face, and informs me that my daughter was pregnant. My world was rocked. Every thought you could imagine went through my mind. Anger, sadness, frustration, worry, uncertainty, and almost any other word you can think of. My wife told me to gather my thoughts and the best advice she ever gave me when she said "She will always remember how you treat her tonight..."....

Well now I am still coaching with all of the girls she came up playing with, but there is a sadness because she is not out there with us anymore. I will say that I have loved my daughter through all of the pain and sadness and have done my best to convince her that softball does NOT define who you are as a person and is only a small part of your life in the grand scheme of things... On that note, I will be welcoming a granddaughter into my world in July, so I cannot wait to watch her begin her journey in the softball world! I may just coach a few more years...

That granddaughter is going twist you around her little finger!
 
Jul 19, 2014
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Madison, WI
"When I read this yesterday, the first thing that came to mind is all of the friendships my daughter has made through softball. There is nothing more heartwarming than to see two teenagers hug each other and know their minds go back to when they were 8,9,10 years old. You see it in their eyes, for just a minute, they are those kids again."

Thanks Jdaddy.....hit me right in the feels.

I know.

My DD 1 is a freshman in college now, and she only played softball 3 years total. and a lot of that was to hang out with some close friends.

Right after DD 1 graduated from HS, she went to the graduation party of a girl who had been her best friend in kindergarten, and has been a very close friend, more like family sometimes, ever since then. I converted DD 1's BR into my home office, and there are pictures here of them in kindergarten and as HS seniors right over the desk. Also a few softball trophies over the desk.

A friend stopped by who pitches for a local D-III school, along with her younger sister. Both girls went to the same HS as DD 1, and the DD 1 played LL, a couple of LL all-star tournaments, and HS softball with the younger girl.

So, three years after DD 1 and her close friend hung up their cleats, there was a group of girls down in the basement of her friend's house, swapping stories about when they were all playing Little League softball together.
 
Oct 3, 2011
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Right Here For Now
Long time reader, former TB coach, and current HS coach here and first time poster.

My daughter, 18 year old HS senior, has had a fantastic journey that had an ending that I never anticipated. We have kept the SE hot playing softball since she was 9 years old. We have made many great memories and friendships along the way. Her junior year ended with a 32-1 record and a state title. She went 7-8 with 3HRs that weekend and was treated like a rock star for a few day!. She also signed to play two years with a local JUCO.

Fast forward to November 2016 of her senior year. I come home from running the scoreboard at a junior high basketball game and my wife meets me in the kitchen, with tears pouring down her face, and informs me that my daughter was pregnant. My world was rocked. Every thought you could imagine went through my mind. Anger, sadness, frustration, worry, uncertainty, and almost any other word you can think of. My wife told me to gather my thoughts and the best advice she ever gave me when she said "She will always remember how you treat her tonight..."....

Well now I am still coaching with all of the girls she came up playing with, but there is a sadness because she is not out there with us anymore. I will say that I have loved my daughter through all of the pain and sadness and have done my best to convince her that softball does NOT define who you are as a person and is only a small part of your life in the grand scheme of things... On that note, I will be welcoming a granddaughter into my world in July, so I cannot wait to watch her begin her journey in the softball world! I may just coach a few more years...


While I'm sad that your DD's SB journey may be coming to an end, I'm extremely excited for you that you now have an entirely new generation to teach all of that hard won SB knowledge to! Congratulations to you and your family!
 
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Mar 22, 2016
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Southern California
Long time reader, former TB coach, and current HS coach here and first time poster.

My daughter, 18 year old HS senior, has had a fantastic journey that had an ending that I never anticipated. We have kept the SE hot playing softball since she was 9 years old. We have made many great memories and friendships along the way. Her junior year ended with a 32-1 record and a state title. She went 7-8 with 3HRs that weekend and was treated like a rock star for a few day!. She also signed to play two years with a local JUCO.

Fast forward to November 2016 of her senior year. I come home from running the scoreboard at a junior high basketball game and my wife meets me in the kitchen, with tears pouring down her face, and informs me that my daughter was pregnant. My world was rocked. Every thought you could imagine went through my mind. Anger, sadness, frustration, worry, uncertainty, and almost any other word you can think of. My wife told me to gather my thoughts and the best advice she ever gave me when she said "She will always remember how you treat her tonight..."....

Well now I am still coaching with all of the girls she came up playing with, but there is a sadness because she is not out there with us anymore. I will say that I have loved my daughter through all of the pain and sadness and have done my best to convince her that softball does NOT define who you are as a person and is only a small part of your life in the grand scheme of things... On that note, I will be welcoming a granddaughter into my world in July, so I cannot wait to watch her begin her journey in the softball world! I may just coach a few more years...

Your wife sounds like a wise woman.
 

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