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a few days later she called and said

they couldn’t get anyone else, and if I

didn’t coach it, they would have to

cancel the team. I knew how much

my son wanted and needed to play, so

I decided I needed to make the time.

I set up a practice schedule, and at

our first practice I noticed a small boy

sitting across the field watching us.

He was there at the next practice, too.

When I went to visit with him, he

scampered away. At the third

practice I could see him there again.

I asked the children on the team if

anyone knew him.

A boy named David raised his

hand. “His name is Timmy.”