She loved soccer and she loved the mud of the new season. Her dream was to make the travel team, but so far her dream always ended at the local tournaments. Just once she’d like to be on an important team… . “Krista, will you get me Maeve’s diaper bag, please? I left it in her room.” “Okay, Mom!” she yelled back. Then she went into Maeve’s pink room to retrieve the flowered bag. She liked helping with her baby sister and loved Maeve like crazy but sometimes she just wanted to be the only kid again. She looked around her sister’s room and saw the bag in the far corner. Grabbing it, she headed back downstairs to go to soccer practice. “Do you have your headbands?” Mom didn’t even glance at her as she changed Maeve’s diaper on the sofa. One of Maeve’s favorite cartoons was on TV and Maeve was hypnotized by the singsongy graphic characters. Had she ever been so easily amused?
