Dreams
Some nights, he had dreams about the days when he was in the old homeless shelter in Pomona with his foster family again. He used to wake up and, momentarily, be under the impression that the dream was actually his real life.
When this happened, for a few seconds, he thought that his baseball career and rise to the professional leagues had actually been a dream or a fantasy. Then, he remembered it wasn’t and felt ecstatic as he headed for training.