Showing posts with label How Waiting to Be Picked for a Team at Recess Prepared Us. Show all posts
Showing posts with label How Waiting to Be Picked for a Team at Recess Prepared Us. Show all posts

Friday, September 16, 2022

The Writer's Life: How Waiting to Be Picked for a Team at Recess Prepared Us


by Crystal Bowman

Pick Me!

Most of us can remember standing in a group of kids on the playground as the two best baseball players chose kids to be on their teams. I remember my heart pounding, my stomach churning, and my self-esteem hanging on the line as I waited to be chosen for the game at recess. Once I was chosen first, and one time I was chosen last. Most of the time I was somewhere in the middle.