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There are many stereotypes around life in small-town America. Some of them are pleasant, some not so much. But there is something to be said for spending an afternoon sitting on the grass watching a kids soccer game while parents and friends of all ages cheer on their girls from blankets and picnic baskets and folding chairs on the sidelines.

One of my favourite parts of visiting Grants Pass is sharing everyday life events with the people who have become so important to me. On April 28, Zoey's soccer game was exactly what I needed.

Her team didn't win that day. 

But the smiles on their faces, the sound of the parents calling out encouragement to their daughters, the smell of the freshly cut field, and the feel of the grass between my bare toes, made for a small town American afternoon that definitely scored high in my books.