Rain... Rain... Rain

I hope that each of you are enjoying your time away on Spring Break. Here at home, we are experiencing the worst rain storms in many years. Reports have us approaching a record rainfall for the month of March. There is much flooding and destruction across southern Missouri and northern Arkansas. Keep us in your prayers and thoughts and if you are driving back, please be careful!

Winning a Championship!

Wow! What a game! The Bolivar Lady Liberator Basketball team came out rolling in the first quarter only to fall apart in the second and third quarter of the 4-A Missouri State High School Championship game. But a determined effort in the fourth quarter, a stingy press defense, a dramatic last second shot, and a lot of overtime anxiety yielded a well earned victory giving the local high school team its first championship since 1982. I wonder if the championship game had been easy would it mean the same? Here these young ladies who had a tremendous season, had to fight and claw their way back into contention in a game they were supposed to win, and then work hard together as a team to seal the deal. I bet to them this victory meant more than a simple cake walk. Life is like that. The things worth having. The things worth holding on to. The things that are special are the ones that you have to work hard for. They don't come easy. They don't come cheap. It is the journey that makes the trip memorable, not the final destination. Indeed, lessons in life are where you find them. Congratulations to the Bolivar Lady Liberators for their win and for teaching us a lesson.

Culture of Cheating!

Well Physical Therapy Bloggers, I am on the road again! This time to Columbia, MO where I am attending the MSHSAA Show-Me Showdown Basketball Championships. The Bolivar Lady Liberators have made it to the championship game and I will post a blog after I witness the results on Saturday.

I saw something on the Internet today, of which I have talked to you about before: A Culture of Cheating! Here is a read that you need to do, and reflect upon. The once great Marion Jones turned herself in today to start her prison sentence. She is not doing time for the illegal steroids that she took, but rather the fact that she lied under oath about it. Jones is part of the culture of cheating. Part of the society that says it is OK to lie. Part of the society that says it is OK to cheat. Part of the society that says it is OK to misrepresent yourself. I must admit I marveled at Jones as she won her many medals and accolades on the track. I was proud to say I was an American and proud that she represented our country. Now, what do we have? Some medals that have been reclaimed by the Olympic Committee. Official records that have been banished from the books. A once proud athlete spending time behind bars. A small child who will be separated from her mother for six months. In the end is it all worth it?

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