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This month, our featured story comes from Melissa.
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It's a heartbreaker with a lesson to be learned.
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Have a listen and let us know what you think.
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After many years, my nowadays is tennis partner Mike and I made it to the City Finals.
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It was a cold winter day in the mid-30s.
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As Mike and I approached the tennis court, we could see our opponents, and we were pleasantly
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surprised because we had actually beaten them before.
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So we were very excited to play them again.
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We barely lost the first set, and we were down in the second set.
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But we got our game on.
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I remember seeing Mike's fluffy white hair blowing in the wind, and I thought, "This
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is a one-singular lifetime chance, so let's go for it."
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We were down 5-4, and came back and tied the game 5-5.
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I remember high-fiving Mike as I walk across the court, but we both fell to switch our
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score.
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He was our opponent, and he won his serve.
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And the next day I knew our opponents were running across the court saying, "We won, we won!"
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And my friend, my dear friend, Mike shook their hands, said, "Good job!"
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And I'm like, "What?
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What the heck?"
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I said, "We tied them at 5-5, but they walked off the court.
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I could hear my husband in the background through the blistering wind yelling, "No!"
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He had watched the entire match in the cold, and he's an A player, and those A players are
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very competitive, and he could see everything happening from afar.
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Unfortunately, once you walk off the court, that's it.
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Our opponents didn't just walk off.
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They sprinted off.
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My dear friend, Mike, and I never made it again to a city final.
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But one day, I would love to make it again in honor of him.
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He will be watching me from heaven, and I will change this court.
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Thank you for watching.
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Bye.
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