:D

I had a major feel-good moment today :)

One of my softball girls wrote an essay about me for her English class. She (we'll call her M) and another one of my players (P) come into my classroom every morning before school to hang out and sometimes for help on homework.

Today, P said, "Coach Hall, M wrote an essay about you. It says all types of bad stuff about you. You should read it."

I knew she was joking, and I smiled and asked M if I could read it. She blushed but excitedly got it out of her backpack.

The prompt for the essay: "Write about your role model"

....and she wrote about ME!!!....

Her essay was soooo sweet and made me really happy. It was awesome to see some of the little things she picked out that I do that she admired. She stretched the truth a tad about what she comes into my room for, saying I help her with ACT stuff (and not the typical gabbing-session about the Hills or The Game)......but hopefully eventually that's what it will be for! What's even better - it was a well-written essay!