Hello, I'm Laura. I'm really into sports. I guess it's partly because I have two older brothers who were always doing one sport or another and I tagged along. It just seemed normal to me to want to be like them. I like individual sports like gymnastics and swimming, but I really like team sports like softball, soccer, basketball and volleyball best. It's such a great feeling when your team pulls together and everybody delivers and you win! Even when you lose, just having your teammates around to share the disappointment makes it better. Sports are supposed to "build character," as the coach always says, and prepare you for "the real world" (as if this world wasn't real). And I read somewhere that 80% of women recognized as leaders in business participated in sports when they were young and thought of themselves as tomboys! That's pretty amazing.
I'm really close to my Mom. Some of my friends think that is weird 'cause they spend a lot of time fighting with their moms. But we're the only girls in the family so I guess it makes sense that we stick together. She likes sports, too, but she likes to ride horses and play tennis. She says with everyone's busy schedule, it's not easy to get six or nine other moms together to make up a team these days. But anyway, follow me into the girl's locker room. I want to show you some stuff. Just click on the door.
