Power dodge ball

My nephews and I went to the park yesterday and someone had left a big plastic ball there so we decided to go on the basketball court and have a game of dodge ball.

"Don't throw the ball too hard at Aunt Ruthie," my older nephew told my younger one.

Right, I thought, already scheming up ways to beat them. Hehe.

So we formed into teams and my younger nephew tossed the ball at my older nephew, hitting him squarely in the hip. When he got the ball back, he went to toss it at me, but to his surprise, I wasn't playing dodgeball, I was playing power dodgeball - and making a power play.

In other words, I was heading full blast toward him over the line.

He began to laugh so hard that he dropped the ball. I cheered.

"I won," I said.

"Not fair," my younger nephew said. "You have an advantage because you have a power chair."

Power dodge ball. An empowering sport.