So, We Were Playing the Region Championship . . .

Basketball season is winding down . . . we have just completed the Regional Tournament. It didn't quite end the way we wanted it to. Parker had a great, great week. He scored his 1000th career point on the first night of the tournament, beating Terrell Academy in double OT to put them out of the tournament.

We advanced to Thursday night - playing Fullington. We had not beat Fullington during the regular season - both games were a solid point victory for them. Parker and his teammates, I suppose, decided that they were not going to lose to them a third time! Parker started out the gate hitting three-pointers - we jumped out to a HUGE lead and never looked back! Parker finished that game with 33 points!! Winning that game put us in the game for the title.

Friday night - Title Game - Parker and his team warmed up as usual - he was hitting the net. Within a couple of minutes of the game beginning, Parker and an opposing player literally BUTTED HEADS. We didn't know he had been hit. He played until mid second quarter, but began acting strange during the first quarter. Long story short, he came out of the game not knowing where he was, what was going on, why we were there, etc. It was quite scary - but we were transported by ambulance to the ER, had a CT scan which revealed a perfect bruise on the left temple.

So after about 4 hours in the ER, answering the SAME questions over and over and over, Parker was discharged into our care. Time and rest are his requirements for getting well and he has already remembered everything except the game and the injury.

Most of all, we are thankful for our friends and family. You have checked on us and prayed for us. Thank you!!

And if I never hear the words, "so, we were playing for the region championship . . ." again, it won't be too soon!!

Winkin, Blinkin, and Bloggin'

I love to read. When I was little, there were a few books that were my favorites - favorite because they provided 'comfort' when I needed it. Goodnight Moon was one such book - I loved how the book took me all around the room, saying goodnight, to all the familiar objects - helped me be a little more at ease with the darkness. I had a big book of poems, and in that book, Winkin, Blinkin and Nod, were some of my favorite characters. Not really sure why, but I liked them - maybe because I think of them as stars - and what they do in the sky - wink, blink and nod. :) As I got older, I read the Little House books, the Stormy and Misty books, and of course, Beezus and Ramona and all their friends.

I make time to read - laundry can wait, dishes can be washed later. When I'm on vacation, I take several books along. It's a good thing the boys don't require a lot of my attention anymore . . . I can get lost in a book for HOURS . . .

I have a friend who loves to write! I am not a writer - not one of consequence anyway. I write about things I like, things that "strike" me, things I have an opinion about. My friends is a great writer - she is thoughtful in her writing, she has purpose in her writing. She writes an article for one of her local newspapers - she's really good!! As an extension of her writing, she wants to begin blogging on a regular basis and hopes to develop a blog following, but she just doesn't know how to get started.

As she gets started, I'll start sharing her blog info in my blog - maybe you will start following her too!

Keep readin' and keep bloggin'!