Posted 11/1/2015 6:51 PM (GMT -5)
I will try to not become too verbose and to stay coherent during this post. I just wanted to share m experience today. Maybe put things in perspective for others, I know it did for me. So, about 5 years ago I started helping coach a select soccer team. I helped some friends out, for 3 years, until I started coaching at a local high school, so due to eligibility requirements, I had to stop. It was an amazing group of girls. They were all high school age, with all of them being between 8th and 10th grade. My good friends coached the team, so i have still hung around the team, I come watch them. Some of my girls on the high school team play on it, so I like to follow them.
As I said, two of my good friends (a husband and wife), coach the team. So today, they had a game. I go to the game, but as I pull up, I'm a little confused. I don't see the team uniforms. Instead what I see is an entire team, coaches and parents wearing light blue uniforms. with the phrase "kickin it For Jordan" on the shirts. They ordered 47 t-shirts... Before the game, the girls pre game cheer was Kickin it for Jordan, then before starting the game, each girl came over to me, fist bumped and said you got this. All the parents, brought food, and after the game (a 4-0 win), we ate, shared, laughed and celebrated life. There were girls that are freshman in college, that drove 2 hours back today just to come. Many pictures were taken, hugs and love exchanged, and I was humbled during the entire process. I was reserved most of the time, knowing that at any moment I would completely break down from the raw emotion and love.
As I tell the story now, I have tears rolling down my cheeks. Cancer is a horrible disease, which I would never wish on anyone. But, in a strange way, it's also a blessing. I know, people can look at me, say, you have an incurable cancer, one that you only have a 30% chance to still be alive in 5 years, one that can cause so much physical pain, can take your iife, so how can you say it's a blessing? If you have to ask, then you just wouldn't understand, and i won't explain it.
I just wanted to share this experience. No matter the obstacles we face, no matter the darkness we see in front, you can always find a sliver of light. A ray of hope, something to warm your soul.
So I hope others can glean something from this incoherent babbling, take some perspective...I know I have.