BESTSELF™ ICEBREAKER | Exposed 20

WHO OR WHAT WAS THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY? 

The who? Lucky for me (and him), we got a second chance. It wasn’t long enough, but boy, was it ever sweet. I am grateful for all of my time with Bill.

The what? A career in tennis which I do believe to my core that I’d have been tremendously successful. In the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, I played a game that made everyone uncomfortable. “Play like a lady!” was something I heard repeatedly. l played to win. I had a huge serve which all of the mums at the club would proclaim me too masculine. None of the girls could return it. To me, that was the whole idea. It also didn’t help that I preferred shorts to skirts. I was asked to join a group in Florida for elite training. My mother made a huge stink about how awful it would be for me to be away from home and that it would have a negative effect on the family. The irony? I was in boarding school within months.

I wholeheartedly believe that the future what and who is meant for me, will find me. It doesn’t change the reality that both first-half-of-life situations mentioned caused me a great deal of pain and suffering; every situation shows up to teach us something. What is meant for me will not pass me by; I simply need to be prepared. I wonder, when all is said and done, what will show up and not get away in this newest evolution of my life, this ongoing game of catch-and-release?