Wilson-glove bearing Mary Ellen
“I have a twin, he’s older,
we grew up playing catch for fun”
graduate student at MSU
thesis finally complete
professional wrestler of words
baseball essayist
and Bears poet laureate
overcomer of ...
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Baseball
Day #47
My first international game of catch occurred 10 minutes from my house.
As soon as Bruce stepped out of his truck, I noticed his Tigers hat and jersey and made the expected comment from a Royals fan, “Nice.”
“I grew up in England,” Bruce ...
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Day #46
After obsessing over the evening and morning news about the horrors in Florida, I pretty much had an anxiety attack dropping my daughters off at school the morning after another school shooting. I was tempted to drive around the block, sign ...
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Day #45, Part Two
“A vision is like a dream — it will disappear unless we do something with it. Do something big or do something small. But stop wondering and go on an adventure.” Simon Sinek, Together is Better
When Jamie got home from school, she changed ...
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Day #45, Part One
I love baseball.
It’s not logical, as if love is ever logical.
I love going to the stadium and watching batting practice and infielders going through their drills. I love shadowing starting pitchers and studying their pre-game routines, ...
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