This fall, I’ve been a point guard, a third basewoman and a youth soccer coach. 

It’s been a blissful return to sports that, quite frankly, I’ve been dreaming of for 15 years. 

This week, I’m posting a short little series on what I’ve been picking up in these pick-up games, starting with the sport I loved the most as a kid and played all the way through high school.

I’d been planning on joining a softball team the year I found out I was pregnant with Julian.

But life had other plans for me each fall for the following 14 years.