Set a Purpose

Find out if Lubar’s luck with sports finally changes.

If this were a work of fiction, that would be the end of the story. But in real life, the moment of glory rarely comes at the right time. After the basket, things returned to normal. In other words, I was hopelessly bad at sports and was often ridiculed. But I survived. Middle school brought moments so awful that I’m not going to even try to put them on paper.

In high school, I went out for fencing. The team was new, and none of us had a clue what we were doing, so I was in good company. It was fun. When the season ended, I wanted to keep in shape, so I signed up for a karate class. Much to my surprise—years after my first disastrous encounter with touch football—I found my sport. Let me say that again. I found my sport. I was