There were 48 cupcakes on the 48th day of 2016. Because 2/17/16 was the last home basketball game for Alexa and the Middle School Girls Basketball Team of Collingswood. And, of course, I teared up a bit (will probably tear up more tomorrow when the 8th graders play their last Middle School game ever) as the game ended and as Alexa and her 8th grade teammates walked off of the Colls MS Court for the last time. Next year will bring High School, and the larger gym, and, for some, different schools even....so I reflect tonight on what a great experience Alexa has had playing on the Colls MS Basketball Team. I am thankful for her coaches: Coach Mason, Coach Lange, Coach Cal, and Coaches Nancy and Tara. I am thankful for the wonderful teammates she has had on this team over the past three years. And I am thankful for the parents I have met along the way and the community we have in the stands as we watch our kids on the court. And I am proud of Alexa and the season she is having this year, really showing offensive and defensive progress. And I am proud of the feedback I get about her on-court smarts and the fact that she looks after teammates, especially the 6th graders. I am proud of the young woman she is becoming, but also a bit melancholy that Middle School is almost in the rear view mirror.....so, tonight, this Whitney Houston song (amazingly the first one to appear this year, but definitely not the last) is apropos my feelings. Because I DO get so emotional.....baby!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjL8aGaNdsU
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