How One Inconvenient Injury Taught Me the Healing Power of Gratitude

Wes Cassell
8 min readDec 29, 2023

The challenges we face can feel insurmountable in the moment. The scars left behind serve as a reminder.

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Championship game. 2 outs. Bottom of the 9th.

My church-league softball team was about to put the finishing touches on a perfect season.

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Wes Cassell

Husband. Father. Runner. Writer for hire. Am I a hero? I really can’t say. But yes.