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The Basketball Game

The family went down to the Mission Centers of Houston this past weekend to serve by organizing the pantry, arranging food and drinks on shelves and taking a tour of the facility so we would know more about their mission. After we finished, we headed over to the gym where we had an impromptu game of basketball. Somehow the teams ended up forming as adults verses the kids. It had only been about 6 minutes into the game when Wes decided to throw the basketball to a small five year old near me. It was sort of slow motion. His throw was a little off, more towards me than the five year old. I’m not normally competitive, but the adults were losing. Here was my chance to even out the game with a fantastic basketball interception. I took one giant leap towards said five year old reaching with my tiny arm as far as it could stretch. I must have lost my balance because the next time I blinked I was airborne just above the ground with this kid, both of our bodies f