More Softball

Today Danielle's travel team participated in their first tournament. They won both games and play again tomorrow. I'm glad they won, but I am more pleased with how much Danielle enjoyed herself today. There was no doubt as we watched her today that she was having fun. It's easy to get caught up in the winning and losing and competitiveness, but this week we talked a lot about just enjoying the game. I feel like she really did that today. Ultimately she played better because of it, too. She had a great play in the field, got on base every at bat, made some beautiful textbook slides, and did it all with a smile. She also got nailed in the chest by the ball. It was a terrible sound, but she dropped her bat and ran to base with barely a pause. (She has a nice, red mark in the shape of a softball on her ribs!) I couldn't be more proud of her today.