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swung.

I started taking my son to the ball

diamond an hour or two before the

others showed up so I could help him.

Timmy would immediately come

over when he saw us. I worked

patiently with the two boys.

Sometimes I think I felt worse

watching them fall down than they

did. There were times I wanted to

run to them and pick them up, but I

knew I couldn’t. I always told them,

as I told my whole team, “Getting up

each time we fall is what makes us

stronger.”

The two boys did grow stronger

and could eventually run all the way

to a single base without falling down.