How does it work when you are in a new town?

Chris Lowry
3 min readSep 27, 2024

I’m driving to Dallas on Tuesday.

I haven’t been back since my Dad died.

My mind conjures the ride to get there, almost like a ghost in the corner.

Stopping at Texarkana on the State Line to gas up and get a cold Coke.

Then nothing but flat earth and no trees for miles until you climb a small ridge and look down on Rockwall and the lake.

After that, it’s all traffic.

Wide lanes of racing cars, horns, birds.

We’re going to a 9u Baseball World Series.

And just between you and me, I think this is the last tournament we play with this team.

It’s been a good run, five years of T-ball, coach pitch and moving up into kid pitch.

I’ve told you often about the “family” feel of the team, about drinking beer around a firepit, or laughing it up at tournaments.

Pool parties, and meet up’s downtown.

A fun group, a great group.

But, #10 is bored.

The problem with being good at something is the only way to keep getting better is to play with better players.

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Chris Lowry

Author at https://payhip.com/ChrisLowryBooks Runner writing books both fiction and non fiction, crypto investor, real estate and urban renewal.