Narrative Essay On Softball

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When I'm playing softball, the world stops, or as though it feels. It takes me to a new reality. When I'm on the diamond, anything is possible. I haven't won all of my games, but I have gained something from them. A loss is just another reason to try harder. Softball was pretty much my life, until one day, that changed. My perspective towards everything would never be the same. I closed my eyes and took a few deep breathes. It was almost time for me to compete in a competition call PitchHit&Run. (The name pretty much explains itself.) I wasn't a pitcher, so I probably was going to win that portion. I could hit the ball, but it usually just went in the dirt right in front of me. However, I was good at one thing, and that was running. I loved to run. I normally wouldn't be worried about running this race, but I was. This race would be my first, since my accident. It was a Friday night in April. I was hanging outside with my neighbor. We had been messing around, and I decided to run into the backyard. I raced up to the top of their playset. I got to the top, but I realized my neighbor, Rowyn, wasn't behind me. I thought it would be best just to climb back down. As I did so, my foot must have gotten caught because I didn't reach the bottom as I planned to. I fell from the very top onto the woodchips below. In that very …show more content…

I was all lined up and ready to run. I couldn't be afraid. It was time for my hard work to pay off. I was going to give it my all, but would it be enough? The second the stopwatch started, I was off. I breezed past first and took a turn towards second. As I approached the base, I stuck my foot out and stepped onto the tip of the base. When I touched second, I pushed myself towards third base. I raced around third and sprinted for home. I was in reach. I was steps away. I breathed in and out. I took one step and down I went. My right foot went forwards and my left leg tucked under it. I lay flat as I slid into home. I had done

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