Natalie's+Memoir-Natalie+V.

Natalie’s Memoir By Natalie V. I always had to go to my brother’s basketball, lacrosse, and football games. I didn’t used to take it for granted but now I do. I now know you are the role model even if they don’t treat you like it. Boring is what I thought of when I heard that I had to go to one of his games. When my brother began to play baseball was when I realized that I was encouraging my brother to keep doing what he was doing by coming to his games. We used to argue about who has to go to who’s game but now I want to go to his games. And in January of 2011 was when I realized all of this. “ Mom, do I have to go to Spencer’s basketball practice?” I asked, “Nothing ever happens they just pass the ball around and miss a bunch of shots they shoot.” “Natalie, please come and don’t make this hard,” my Mom said with a nasty look on her face. I didn’t want to make my Mom any madder than she already was so I said “ Fine I will go.” I got in the car annoyed of my brother who was teasing me about having to go to his practice but I tried to ignore him. When we were close to the school where he practiced he started bouncing the ball on the back of my seat. I said something very revolting to him that almost made him cry so when we pulled up to the school he said “Bye,” to my Mom then ran into the gym with me following quickly behind. He didn’t have a grin on his face until he saw all of his friends playing basketball and he started playing with them. During the practice a Dad, Josh’s Dad came over and talked to my mom and I. He asked me to please convince my brother that baseball is fun and to play on Josh’s Dad’s team. Josh’s Dad told me what an amiable boy Spencer was and how he would love Spencer to try and play baseball for the first time on his team. I told Josh’s Dad that Spencer was scared that he wouldn’t hit the ball or he would miss the catch. Josh’s Dad told me that I should tell Spencer that everyone would miss the ball and strikeout sometimes, even the pros. Josh’s Dad gave me a job, a job to encourage Spencer to play baseball and do the superlative he can at it. At the time I didn’t think Spencer would even care what I said but I told Josh’s Dad I would give it a try. After practice I played around with the boys a bit while my Mom again talked to Josh’s Dad. When Spencer tried to knock me down I ended up knocking him down instead. He was now even madder at me than he had been before. I felt bad but didn’t want to apologize after all the bad things he had done to me before. When we got in the car I told Spencer that he should really play baseball because it would be pleasurable to try a new thing and it doesn’t matter if you are good at it or not. He told me he didn’t know one thing about baseball and he didn’t want to learn anything about baseball. “ You know what Spencer, drop the attitude,” I told him in a strict voice “ Josh’s Dad really wants you to play on his baseball team, I started out knowing nothing about soccer but now look where I am so you should try just like I tried soccer.” At the time Spencer replied, “ Do I hear a mouse?” He must’ve done this because he was so mad at me for all the things I had done that night but he wasn’t hearing a mouse he was listening know he was listening because he decided to play baseball. He said he was playing baseball because “I could end up very good at it, and it could be what I do when I grows up.” Nobody knows that is what I told him but me and I know he is playing because of me. I am not at all annoying him by going to his games but I am helping him to keep doing what he is doing. I now know that what you do never goes away and that you are a role model even if they don’t treat you like it. I don’t care that no one knows that I am the thing behind the words he says about baseball I was just proud that our relationship was so strong even though we didn’t know it.