A couple's new friends shake them out of their complacency.
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"Kick it! Kick the ball, Merry!" I called out eagerly to my six year-old daughter on the soccer field. ("It's a Pitch, Daddy!")
Why we parents all yell at our kids during a soccer match is beyond me. None of them listen to any of us. I guess that it is just a coping mechanism so that we can pretend that these games where no one keeps score are entertaining.
Meredith did indeed kick the ball. Expertly. Right to a girl on the other team.
"For crying out loud, Merry! Not her!"
THAT Merry heard. She turned to me and scolded me at the top of her voice, "She's my friend, Daddy!"
Sure enough, the friend kicked the ball right back to Merry. Merry went to kick the ball back again, but this kick was more like her usu
