![]() Sometimes, though, we heard whispers of another reality. Where I grew up, whether you were super athletic, artsy, nerdy, popular, goth or punk, sports were just part of the fabric of our childhoods. My friends did track and field, or played softball, basketball or volleyball. When I didn’t make the school soccer team, I joined cross-country instead, using the endurance I built on the field to race for miles. ![]() I felt like I had been plugged in energy buzzed through my limbs. I still remember my very first game, bunch-ball though it probably was. It wasn’t for lack of love, though, or competitiveness on my part. The sport was so popular when I was growing up that I never even made a school team, despite playing from age 6 to 18-the competition was that fierce. ![]() In my hometown in suburban Seattle, it was soccer. This understanding manifested in many communities as a kind of frenzy when it came to certain girls sports.
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