Catch
As sports-loving grandparents, we could not wait to get our one year old a ball for his first birthday. Start 'em young, you know! Our grandson got a football. This is not your ordinary football – it has a soft, fuzzy material on the exterior and a super squeezy soft stuffing inside. Probably will be a better pillow than a ball to use for playing catch.
We all play catch.
Every day people throw things our way and we throw things to others. Generally the ball is words. Sometimes the words we catch hurt – maybe an unkind remark or an observation about a perceived shortcoming. The pain can be great and so we throw the ball back, hoping the sting we felt can be felt through our retort. This ballgame may go on and on, escalating in velocity much like a pitcher warming up to come into save the ball game. Not a healthy game to play.
Next time you find yourself playing catch, why not put the ball down and refuse to play. OR..........call me and I'll find a football for you like the one my wife found for our grandson.
--Ben Keckler
09.22.10
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