I recently
went back to a place that molded my young life. As I was doing behind the wheel
we made a stop at my old little league football field, the place I spent my autumn
Saturdays. The cold air blows as I see the new generation warm up for their
games, and it’s a harsh reminder that you can’t go back in time and relive
great times or memories. As I stand in the line to enter the stadium, the smell
of the snack bar loams in the air around me. The field looking just as I did
when I played, green and lively, the announcer calls out the names of the young
boys who will soon know victory or defeat. The field hosts a team of local boys
and a team from one town over, which seem to bring out the best in me as a
young player. The field seems smaller than the vast land I played at and much
smaller at my now High school field. The excitement is in the year as they
begin the coin toss, and all wait in anticipation. The away team wins the toss
and deferred, this was odd for a little league team. As the ball is kicked off,
I zone out and enter a former game of mine, the championship game I played on
that very field. I can’t remember much of my games, just certain plays. The visit
to the past time renews my love for the game. The time we are in goes by faster
than, at least in my opinion, we all realize.
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