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R.I.P. Kobe Bryant ~ 1978-2020

26 Sunday Jan 2020

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R.I.P. Kobe Bryant

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News is just breaking that NBA legend Kobe Bryant and his thirteen-year-old daughter Gianna were among five people killed in a helicopter crash in California earlier today. In addition to his phenomenal basketball career, Bryant was also a two-time Olympic medalist, and children’s author. In 2018 he won the Oscar for Best Short Animated Film.

 

Dear Basketball,

From the moment

I started rolling my dad’s tube socks

And shooting imaginary

Game-winning shots

In the Great Western Forum

I knew one thing was real:


I fell in love with you.

 

A love so deep I gave you my all—

From my mind & body

To my spirit & soul.


As a six-year-old boy

Deeply in love with you

I never saw the end of the tunnel.

I only saw myself

Running out of one.


And so I ran.

I ran up and down every court

After every loose ball for you.

You asked for my hustle

I gave you my heart

Because it came with so much more.


I played through the sweat and hurt

Not because challenge called me

But because YOU called me. I did everything for YOU

Because that’s what you do

When someone makes you feel as

Alive as you’ve made me feel.


You gave a six-year-old boy his Laker dream

And I’ll always love you for it.

But I can’t love you obsessively for much longer.

This season is all I have left to give.

My heart can take the pounding

My mind can handle the grind

But my body knows it’s time to say goodbye.

 

And that’s OK.

I’m ready to let you go I want you to know now

So we can both savor every moment we have left together.

The good and the bad

We have given each other

All that we have.

And we both know, no matter what I do next

I’ll always be that kid

With the rolled up socks

Garbage can in the corner

:05 seconds on the clock

Ball in my hands …5…4…3…2…1


Love You Always,

Kobe

 

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Kobe Bryant was an inspiration who transcended his sport. Rest In Peace Black Mamba.

 

 

 

 

#RightMatters

26 Sunday Jan 2020

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#RightMatters, Adam Schiff, Impeachment Trial

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You’ll be forgiven if you found the impeachment hearing too mind numbing to watch. After all, a good number of Senators on both sides of the aisle couldn’t sit still the last few days and needed props like fidget spinners, crossword puzzles, and chocolate. On Thursday Adam Schiff gave his closing remarks in an eloquent and passionate oratory which perfectly sums up why Donald J. Trump should be impeached. Please, if you watched nothing else, watch this.

Here, right is supposed to matter. It’s what made us the greatest nation on Earth. No Constitution can protect us if right doesn’t matter anymore. You know you can’t trust this president to do what’s right for this country. You can trust he will do what’s right for Donald Trump. He’ll do it now. He’ll do it for the next several months. He’ll do it in the election if he’s allowed to. This is why, if you find him guilty, you must find that he should be removed. Because right matters. And the truth matters. Otherwise we are lost.

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