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Write An Essay On The Catching Sisters

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As an eighth grader, Tamika Catchings would always go watch her sister’s practice with her high school varsity basketball team and as she would watch, she would literally itch to get out there and play and she looked forward to playing in another year because if she was an even match to her sister in the driveway, she could imagine herself fitting in against juniors and seniors without any problem.
Tamika and her sister Tauj were super close but while playing on the varsity basketball team together, there were some rough patches like sadness, distance, frustration, and jealousy. So, after Tamika made the varsity basketball team, they called her and tauj “the Catching Sisters”.
Tamika and her sister were doing very special things together …show more content…

She didn’t want the bullying to start back up, Tamika was officially going to be on her own. Tamika felt she needed her sister by her side, not only in the games but after practices, when reporters wanted to interview or even when strangers wanted to meet Tamika because she didn’t like to talk much she was shy, so her sister always did most of the talking for her. Tamika was so worried to go to school but it turned out to be not so bad because a couple weeks before school she’d play against boys in open gyms or an outside court. As a result, the guys respected her because she was a heck of a player. So, basketball got her through because it got people to respect her. When Tamika was worried about anything or wanted to get through anything she asked god to get her through because she had faith he would. Specifically, since Tauj wasn’t going to around anymore, she asked god to help her be able to communicate on her own in difficult situations. After that, Tamika came out all her shyness and became a little more outgoing. Overall, God answered her prayers so it wasn’t just basketball that got her through

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