Letters

153

Katana's POV

"So what charities are all the proceeds for everything going to?" Ashley asks as we arrive at Petco Park.

Today's our baseball game against Canada

"25 percent is going to a local domestic violence charity." I say.

"25 percent is going to the Legacy of Hope foundation." Emma says.

The Legacy of Hope Foundation is a foundation that aims to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential School System (RSS) and subsequent Sixties Scoop (SS) on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote healing and Reconciliation.

"25 percent is going to The Trevor Project." Talia says.

The Trevor Project is a charity that aims to end suicide among lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning young people.

"And the other 25 percent is going to the Lion Foundation." I say.

The Lion Foundation is Emma, Talia, and I's foundation that provides resources to intersex people, help intersex people find safe and reliable jobs, provide intersex people with therapy if they need it, housing if they need to get out of a bad situation, scholarships to college, and many other services for our fellow intersex people.

Both teams choose the four charities so it's pretty cool to me that both national teams wanna support Emma, Talia, and I's foundation.

"Let's go ladies" Someone from the front of the bus says as we stop next to the players entrance then everyone gets off the bus and follows Cairo to the home team clubhouse

When I walk into the clubhouse, I head to my locker and put my stuff down then I change out of my comfy clothes and into my warm up clothes.

My warm up clothes are my baseball pants, a team shirt, and tennis shoes

After I'm dressed I put my dark brown locs up in a ponytail then I put Socks and Appa's protective shoes on them before I grab my bag of cricket stuff and head outside to the field with my doggies

Once we're on the field, Appa, Socks, and I head to the first base side of the infield then I set my cricket bag in the grass and unzip my bag as Appa and Socks sit next to it.

"We haven't done this in a while." I say as I unzip my bag.

My dogs smiles at me so I scratch their heads.

Once I've unzipped my bag I pull out my portable cricket stumps then I set them up against the protective net that's protecting first base.

Since I started playing baseball and pitching, every time I start a game I spend the first 30 minutes I'm at the stadium bowling cricket balls at my portable stumps to warm up my arm.

Even though I really only throw to Emma whenever I need to, I still do my same warm up stuff.

After the stumps are set up, I return to my bag, grab my bag of six cricket balls then I begin my warm up routine.

When I'm doing my cricket bowling, all I bowl is different types of spin bowling deliveries which are less taxing on my arm than fast bowling deliveries.

30 quick minutes later, I finish the first of my warm up routines so I pack everything up then Appa, Socks, and I head inside and put my bag in my locker.

My locker is in-between Talia and Emma's.

Once my cricket bag is put up in my locker, I sit in my locker and take off my tennis shoes, put on my socks, then I grab my cleats.