ALMOST 10 YEARS AGO, AFTER BASKETBALL PRACTICE, MY DAUGHTER SAYS TO ME, DAD, I NEVER WANT TO PLAY BASKETBALL AGAIN!!! YOU SEE SHE WAS THE CLUMSIEST KID ON HER YMCA BASKETBALL, & NO MATTER HOW HARD SHE TRIED SHE COULDNT QUITE SEEM TO PUT IT ALL TOGETHER. SHE WAS SO AKWARD SHE WAS ONE OF THE LAST GIRLS PICKED FOR THE SCRIMMAGES WE WOULD HAVE AT THE END OF PRACTICE. AS THE ASSISTANT COACH ON THE TEAM IT BOTHERED ME TO SEE THE OTHER LITTLE GIRLS BE MORE ADVANCED THEN MINE, ESPECIALLY SINCE I WAS ALREADY TRAINING ATHLETES TO BE GREAT!!! I KNEW I WOULD TRAIN HER TO BE GREAT, BUT NOT UNTIL LATER, OR SO I THOUGHT. WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOUR SEE YOUR BABY GIRL IS STRUGGLING, & YOU KNOW YOU ARE THE ONLY ONE QUALIFIED TO HELP HER??? THEN SHE PUTS YOU IN A SITUATION WHERE IF YOU DONT STEP UP SHES GOING TO GIVE UP ON HER FUTURE!!! WELL, YOU STEP UP & GIVE HER THE BEST OF WHAT/WHO YOU ARE!!! I ASKED MY KIDDO, WHAT IF I TOLD YOU THAT I COULD MAKE YOU GREAT...THE VERY BEST??? WOULD YOU KEEP PLAYING??? WOULD YOU WORK YOUR BUTT OFF TO BE THE BEST??? AS SHE WAS CRYING & WHIMPERING SHE LOOKED AT ME AND SIMPLY SAID, YES. THAT FOLLOWING WEEK WE WENT TO WORK...TRAINING TO BE A COMPLETE ATHLETE. BIGGER, STRONGER & FASTER THAN EVERYONE ELSE. ALMOST A DECADE LATER, ON THIS PAST WEDNESDAY NIGHT, THAT SAME CLUMSY LITTLE GIRL SIGNED A NATIONAL LETTER OF INTENT (A SCHOLARSHIP) TO PLAY BASKETBALL FOR THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE ACADEMY...FIGHTING FALCONS!!! IF YOU KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACADEMY, THEN YOU KNOW THE KIND OF HONOR THIS IS!!! THE TOTAL VALUE OF THIS EDUCATION WILL EXCEED $500,000!!! ALL THE HARD WORK, TIME, SWEAT, TEARS & $$$ SPENT WAS ALL WORTH IT. JUST GOES TO SHOW YOU...HARD WORK WILL ALWAYS PAY OFF IN THE END!!! 1 LOVE!!!
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:41:56 +0000
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