April 23

After logging a whopping seven losses and a tie this season, Isaac and the rest of the AAA Braves finally got their first win tonight. (And I mean finally because it was a long, long time coming for both the boys and us parents on the bleachers.) Following the game, his coach ushered them over to the snack shack and let them order whatever they wanted on his nickel.

It's just a single win, but it means so much to these boys to have a one in that column. They've put in a lot of work and have suffered a lot of unfortunate luck along the way, but they kept trying. Although I felt a wee bit conflicted over rooting against this particular team --which is managed by Isaac's coach from last season and includes several of the boys he played with last year, including the pitcher they absolutely shelled in order to take the lead in the top of the seventh inning-- I'm glad and very, very thankful that the pressure is off. It is, after all, just baseball and they are just nine and 10 year old boys, but it feels really good for all of us to come out on top every now and then. And as a mom who's had to weather the disapointment with her son over and over again of late, I'm glad they finally got to savor the flavor of victory.