The Kobe Bryant story. Heather and I went to visit my friend Mary in Huntington Beach California. We spend Friday afternoon at the beach relaxing. While we were there, Kobe Bryant showed up with his little girl to play on the beach. You could tell people were watching him, and some came up and shook his hand. I, however, got a bit teary eyed, however because growing up Mark thought Kobe was such a great basketball player. Mark even named our dog Kobe when he was about 16. I cried sitting at the beach because I was there 50 feet from Kobe Bryant and 6 weeks ago, I would have been on the phone to Mark immediately making him jealous that I was on the beach watching Kobe, and He wasnt. But of course, now, I dont have Mark to call. We packed up to leave, and Kobe started to the parking lot at the same time. At this point, I was only 15-20 feet away from him, and I just decided to go up to him and say hello. I told him about Mark, how he was the starting point guard on his high school basketball team, how he adored him so much that he once named his dog Kobe, and how I had been sitting there crying, because my son passed away 6 weeks ago, and I cant call and tell him, that I was sitting there watching Kobe Bryant playing on the beach with his daughter..... Kobe took my hand, thanked me for sharing my story and about my son, (and the dog) with him. He told me that he would be praying for me and my family. He was so kind and compassionate. My friend, Mary came up, and we all talked for a couple of minutes. Then I told him that I was going to leave him alone, he took my hand again, thanked me again for sharing with him about Mark, and told me again that he will be praying for me...
Posted on: Wed, 09 Apr 2014 07:23:30 +0000