One Tough Cookie

This is the small girl who is always in ready position.

This is the small girl who has been playing ball for five years now – since she was three.

This is the small girl who hops before she throws a rocket from shortstop to first base.

This is the small girl who wiggles as she sets her stance at bat.

This is the small girl who stopped my heart last night when she fouled the ball off her forehead.

This is the small girl who, with a purple goose egg as her badge, got back in the game, batted and put herself right back in that ‘ready stance’ you see there.

This is my small girl.

She is one Tough Cookie.