Dane's baseball team won their first game tonight, 4 to 3. Up until this game, their closest game was 8 - 0.
We realized at their first game that they needed to be able to hit to get runs. No one at this age seems to really be able to field, but if they have good batters, they get kids on base which, eventually, leads to runs. Our hitting has improved dramatically with each passing game.
Tonight, it became very obvious that we need to be able to catch the ball, too. While hitting is critical, we can only stop the other team if we can catch and throw. Runs on our part are wonderful, but the other team will get more runs than us if we can't stop them before their bring their runners home.
I want to just bask in our first win, but I recognize that there's always more work. An analogy for life.
So, my gloating is very short-lived as I think about how much we still have left to accomplish - in baseball as in every other area of my life.
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