Tennis, My Favorite (and only) Hobby

When our one and only son, our life at that time, graduated from high school and left for college, we were devastated. So much of what we were all about at that time, e.g., studying with him, going to baseball games, spending time together, etc., was disappearing, and we would be left to ourselves--to do what??

We thought about what we could do together to replace this big hole, and we finally narrowed it down to a hobby, either tennis or golf. I will tell you right now that this was a big undertaking for me since I had never in my girlie life done anything in the way of sports. We finally decided that we would go with tennis.

My husband is a natural at most things (as most guys are) so I was going to be the problem with this choice. At first, I took lessons at CPCC but soon realized that group lessons were not going to work. We were lucky that one of our best friends was a tennis fanatic. He suggested that we take lessons from his tennis teacher, who was a previous Davis Cup player in Indonesia. We both decided to take lessons with Joseph, and it was a great experience. My lessons went on for several years--once a week, rain or shine.

I eventually started playing in the Parks and Rec league. The first year I played on a team, we won and went to Pinehurst for the state tournament. What an experience!! It was like being in a movie, everything was wonderful. Of course, we lost in the first round, but it was so exciting.

Since I have been concentrating on my Queens' studies for the past year or so, I have not been playing as much. I miss it, and once I get the "heck out of Dodge" in May, I am going to play as often as I can. I can't explain the feeling of hitting the ball inside the court (most of the time). I love that feeling of control and accomplishment.