Fairfield Civitan Club, Fairfield, OH

Softball journal

Anna Sophie Wozny, a foreign exchange student from Germany, and Amy Hatfield, a Fairfield High School senior whose family is hosting Anna, offer their thoughts, in their own words, on the softball season and what its like to share the experience with each other:

The first game

- Photos submitted by Anna, May 2

My Sister For Now and My Friend Forever

Having an exchange student living with with my family had never crossed my mind until this year. One of my mom's co-workers had suggested that we should host a foreign exchange student. I thought this would be cool having a girl my age living with me who would be just like a sister. I couldn't wait for her to come. I wanted to teach her all kinds of things, one of those being softball. She had never played before other than in gym class. We had talked about her playing on my team and how it would be a great experience for her. She agreed and when the weather was nice I took her to the park to practice. I won't lie, she wasn't the greatest, but with a little more practice she got better.

When we finally had practice with the team she suprised everyone on how well she actually did - even me.

- Amy, April 25

Getting ready for the season

I decided to become an exchange student to learn about language and the culture. I wanted to learn about everything and that meant trying - trying the different kinds of food, trying to talk in English the whole time and trying to live a different lifestyle.

And I noticed that trying was the key to understand another culture.

Amy showed me “her” America and what it means to her. She was like a sister from the beginning on.

One day she showed me Softball. We went to the park and I “tried” it. I played once in my gym class in Germany before, but we played without rules, and that was about two years ago. So Softball was something “new” for me.

Of course I didn’t do well the first time, but we practiced a couple times, and I got better. Then we had our first practice with the team. I was excited and scared at the same time, because I worried I would do very badly and people would laugh at me. In fact I did okay and even Amy was a little bit proud of me. I am looking forward to the next practice, because for the first game on May 1, I will need much more skills. Softball seems like fun to me and maybe one day I will be as good as Amy, a real “professional” who has played since she was little. At least in my dreams…

- Anna, Sunday, April 22

The End of my First and Last Season

Finally the season is over. On Thursday we had our last softball game and we won. The season included a lot of fun, sweat, teamwork and spirit. On some days the sun made it hard to see the ball, on others we had to fear rain. It never actually rained… Sometimes we won and sometimes we lost, but fun and emotions were always present. I had bad luck the first couple of games. I made the last outs and we lost, but Amy told me that it was not my fault, because a team stands and falls together and she was right. So every game we stood and fell together and finally got third place. I enjoyed being a part of this awesome team and can say I got better than I was in the beginning. I had some runs and just struck out once. Therefore I was awarded the teams “most improved player.” I was very surprised and happy at the same time. All in all softball has been a great experience and a lot of fun to me and I can be proud of myself for always trying my best. In a few days I am leaving!
Fairfield to go back to Germany, but I am sure that I will miss having a game twice a week or just playing softball in the park with Amy. I will never forget my time with the “red” Civitan softball team in Fairfield, Ohio for this unique and amazing experience. And maybe I can bring softball with me over to Germany, because everybody should see how much fun softball can be.
Your “red” ballplayer #7, Anna Wozny =)

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