...I said a little prayer

Dionne, Jack and I go way back. We were young, maybe in our mid-20's, but, besides listening to the modern stuff, we discovered Motown. Otis Redding, 4 Tops, Smoky, plus many more great talents,which are all sitting in my basement.

Dionne has always been my favorite, probably because she sang Burt Bacharach created tunes...hence the Elvis post. I'm trying not to digress.

I do in fact say a prayer for Jack everyday...I also ask for one in return, from him.

Today, I asked him to help Ben have a great baseball game. We were playing the #2 seeded team..I thought it would be a no-brainer..endure the heat and end the season. Our team was on fire. Ben played shortstop, and had an awesome night of caught balls, or picking up balls, to get the out at 1st base. It was the top of the 6th inning, we were tied 5-5. Our turn to bat.  We scored 2 runs and also had 2 outs...of course, Ben is up to bat next. I speak much of him highly on the defense..offensively, he's in a slump. He struggled..with 2 strikes, he wanted it so bad. Then, out of the blue, I yell, you got this baby! Seriously..he had to be mortified:)  It was full count and he hit that ball in between a field where we could advance another score.  Next batter, almost had a home run, was tagged at home, but  he brought Ben in.  Now, we just had to hold the "better" team so they would  not score the 5 run rule. We were up by 4. When our pitcher struck out the second player..I'm like we just won. Don't get me wrong, I think the whole league was in shock! Total team effort!!

Thank-you Jack for answering my prayer. I know you probably saw, but we had one very happy little boy tonight! I haven't seen such big smiles out of your parents in along time...grinning ear to ear:)

forever and ever you'll stay in my heart..cuz I will love you...