Early Morning Companion

There is nothing worse than being in a relationship that doesn't work. It's lonelier, scarier, and harder than being alone. Like they say in baseball, "Wait for yours!" If you swing at everything that comes to the plate, you'll end up on the bench.

from Trying to Make it till the End of the Week by Angela Belcher Epps; PublishAmerica; Baltimore; 2004

Antique baseball card courtesy Library of Congress; Washington, D.C.