The ball hit slightly higher up on the fence and bounced back to me.

　　This is the point where I start to take issue with you. Wouldn’t it have been a better use of your time, and mine, if you had just walked around the fence and took the ball then? I was clearly struggling; my smiles were more and more forced. And yet, you all just stood there, motionless.

　　Seeing that you weren’t going to let me out of the trouble, I became desperate. Memories of middle school softball came flooding back. I tried hard to throw the ball but it only went about eight feet, then I decided to pick it up and dash with ball in hand towards the baseline, while annoyed thirteen-year-old boys screamed at me that I was ruining their lives. Children are cruel.

　　Being a big girl now, I pushed those memories aside and picked up the soccer ball for the third time. I forced a good-natured laugh while crying inside as you patiently shouted words of support over the fence at me.

　　“Throw it granny-style!” one of you said.

　　“Just back up a little and give it all you’ve got!” another offered.

　　And, most embarrassing of all, “You can do it!”

　　I know you thought you were being encouraging, but it only served to deepen the shame.

　　Anyway, I accepted your ball-throwing advice, backed up, rocked back and forth a little, took a deep breath and

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