Today will for the most part decide everything...Daughter's team lost last night by 2 points, which means they play today at noon. If they lose, they are out of the playoffs. If they win, we continue on at 3, then tomorrow at 10, noon, and 2...if they lose one of THOSE games, they are out of the playoffs as well. They have played so hard this year, it would be a shame to see them out of the tournament, but no matter what, I must remember how much they improved over the season, how good of a team they became, and should they lose, it is not a horrible thing because these kids play with every fiber of their being...they win honestly, they lose honestly, and even when they lose, they dance around and slap the other team on the back and whoop and holler at each other and the other team about how good a game it was, and then go dance around and get soaking wet in the spray pad in the adjoining play park. They have the true spirit of the game. I cringe at myself when I see how horribly competitive I am...I see that I have become a real sports mom...the bad kind, grumbling about the other teams and getting frustrated when Daughter's team drops the ball or strikes out, forgetting that we are talking about 5 and 6 year olds who before this year had never played baseball at all. So I work hard at improving my attitude and just being happy that they are having so much fun and rejoicing in the amazing skills everyone on the team has acquired, hoping for the best, knowing the kids will give it their all, and if they should lose, knowing that it is simply the way it should be, that they simply reached their level of "best-ness" and should be wildly happy that they got this far.
And if they lose either the first or second game of today, then we are free to go to the camp open house tomorrow, to see where she may get to go in August. That would be good, too.
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