Monday’s Pen to Paper: Me Time
Check out my friend Jenny’s article on summer. Take some time with your kids, but don’t forget about you!
Summer Isn’t Just About the Kids.
WRITING PROMPT: Write about things that are important to you. Things that inspire you, revive you, fill your cup…
PeaceLoveBasketball Friday: FREE-day
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Today is FREE-day Friday, and what does that mean? It means that YOU have a chance to win a FREE PeaceLoveBasketball Shirt! All you have to do is add your favorite motivational quote to the comments section of this FREE-day blog between now and August 15th, 2014 and you will be entered in a drawing to receive a free t-shirt!
I’ll start with one of my favorites…
“There is no limit to the goals you can attain, the success you can achieve – your possibilities are as endless as your dreams.” – D. Crowe
Monday’s Pen to Paper: Perfect Heat
My daughter and I took a road trip this weekend. We visited a college campus five hours away from our home. We drove our VW Vanagon that has no AC. It was hot. After the campus tour we drove another three hours to see my parents in Spokane. Still hot. Our return to Seattle was another four and a half hours (hotter still) to a hot gym where we played two basketball games before driving home in more heat. I hate being hot…but I had an awesome time. I love road trips in the van.
Maybe it’s because the Vanagon makes the drives more memorable. The van has lots of window and feels open, has a pop up table for snack breaks and there is heightened sense of excitement with the chance of being stranded on the side of the road. A trip in our Blue Bomber is always an adventure.
I will never forget this weekend with my daughter. The melting and suffering on the drive made the fun that we had more memorable. The campus tour, ping-pong with Oma and Opa, visiting my high school best friend and teammate, and sifting through memory lane as Oma and Opa prepared for a garage sale. All perfection encompassed by hours of heat.
And during each leg of the trip, as warm air blew in my face and I slowed my breathing and told myself I was cool and comfortable (I do this when I model in the heat, though I’m not sure how much it really helps), I would glance at my daughter in the passenger seat and smile. There will forever be a picture in my mind of her with […]
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Meet Sonya
Meet Sonya
Sonya Elliott’s memoir, Back on the Court: A Young Woman’s Triumphant Return to Life, Love & Basketball, is her story of finding hope in the wake of tragedy after she and her fiancé were hit by a train. She blogs about writing, basketball, and life and is currently working on a Young Adult Novel and a Non-Fiction Coaching book. Stories of her career as a fashion model are woven through her memoir, as both the Soloflex and Easy Spirit Shoes commercials were filmed during that time period, and this unique and intriguing business continues to be a part of her life.
Sonya played basketball at Eastern Washington University and was a starter for the Big Sky Champion team that went to the 1987 NCAA tournament. She coached for almost 25 years and was voted Seattle Times Coach of the Year, Seattle Officials Women’s Basketball Association Coach of the Year, and twice voted Metro League Coach of the Year. She loves the game of basketball and is thankful, not only for her husband and kids but for her ability to continue to get back on the court.
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Monday’s Pen to Paper: Take Heart
“Believe that life is worth living and your belief will help create the fact.” – William James
WRITING PROMPT: Take time to write about what is important to you and what makes your life worth living? Now take this information to heart as you live each day.
PeaceLoveBasketball Friday: New Beginnings
A new coach was named at the high school where I was head coach for five years. It’s a weird feeling to know that the girls who I have grown to care about and love, will be led by someone new. Yet, I also know that they will be fine, that learning to work with a new leader on the court will be good for them. It is a great lesson for life, because throughout their lifetime they will experience a lot of change, they will have to work with new bosses and a variety of co-workers, and figure out who they are, and how they fit in, along the way.
I have heard that the new coach is quite the opposite of me, and there is nothing wrong with that. All coaches have different styles. Pat Summit, C. Vivian Stringer, Mike Krzyzewski, […]
Monday’s Pen to Paper: Change
This is an exciting time. My daughter is about to graduate from high school, but you know what, as excited as I am for her to go off on her own and start living her own life, it’s really hitting me this week on how much I’m gonna miss her. In fact just writing about it gets me a little teary eyed.
Oh, I know she’ll be fine, I know that she will experience amazing things, and meet new friends, and grow as a person, but damn it, I like having her around.
Change is hard, I get it and know how to deal with it, but it doesn’t mean I always have to like it.
WRITING PROMPT: Write about changes that are happening in your life. How do they make you feel? How do they affect your life?
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