Wednesdays are my tennis nights. I rediscovered my love for tennis about eight years ago, and this group of ladies has been playing ever since. Many times we end up laughing more than playing, but we've made some wonderful memories and managed to improve our games a little along the way. Maddy is going to join the tennis team next year as a freshman in high school. She came down to the courts and played a few games of doubles w/ us tonight. She did very, very well for her first time playing w/ anyone other than Doug or me. She had some very nice serve returns and has a great eye for the court to know where to place the ball. I'm excited to be able to share this love of tennis w/ Maddy, and I hope we're able to play together for many, many years to come.
I may have mentioned this before, but the times that my sister and I played tennis w/ Mom, whoever wanted to win put Mom on the other team. We always joked about this w/ Mom; she knew tennis wasn't her game, especially since she learned the game in her early 50's. She just loved spending time w/ both her daughters. I sometimes envy the mothers and daughters and sisters and aunts who get together for "Girls Night Out" or weekends away or holiday shopping events. We never created any kind of tradition like that, but I hope to do this w/ my daughters. The older I get the more I realize the importance of female relationships in helping us feel connected w/ something bigger than ourselves...to make sense of our own feelings by understanding that other females feel as we do. I love my relationship w/ my husband and my father and my brother, but "I enjoy being a girl," and they just don't get that!
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