Net discord
June 25th 2009 06:27
I just watched my daughter's tennis career collapse.
One minute we were hitting balls across the net — well, more accurately, I was hitting balls across the net and my athletic, energetic nine-year old was swishing elegantly at, mostly, fresh air — when she unexpectedly subsided to the court. She sat there a moment, then leaned forward, cradled her head in her hands, and wept.
I was stunned, and then I shouted in alarm, "What's wrong? What is it!"
She raised her face slowly, and then said, "I'm never going to beat you."
She will, of course, and probably sooner rather than later. I turn 60 the year she becomes a teenager. Not long after that, I expect, it will be my turn to weep on court.
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