Today I am grateful for Coach Jody Hensen.  She called me today and I missed it.  I called her right back and we talked for a bit.    I listened to her message later and it said, I am just calling to see what is going on!!  Sweet.  I love it.  We also texted back and texted back and forth the other day.

Let me give some background.    I went to Alaska to play basketball and she was my coach my senior year!  I had a different coach each year I played and two of them I really respected and pretty much revered.  She was one.  She was hard.  She worked us hard and expected the best out of us.  While I played for her, I was an on court leader.  I was not usually the high scorer and didn’t play the most minutes, but I was a difference maker.  I had energy.  I played so hard and I played for my coaches.  I would get so upset when we lost, because I knew how much time and effort our coaches had put in.

So, after I finished playing, she coached for two more seasons.  I was there for one.  I played Volleyball and threw the shot put for the track team, so I was around.  I sat on the bench for games and I practiced while I could.  I loved doing anything I could to help out.  I helped in recruiting.  I would tell the recruits how great Coach Hensen is and how much I enjoyed playing for her.

After I moved, I kept in touch through emails.  I even went up to AK for the last home games.  I was so excited to just be back with her and the other coaches/players.

Over the years, we have become friends and I love it.  I get so excited whenever I hear from her.  I was so afraid of her at points in my life.  And still some of that seeps through sometimes, but it is getting better.   I am just so grateful for her and her inspiration and friendship!! 

I have just moved into my new house and that is why there has not been any posts.  I have been busy.  But hopefully things will settle down and I can be grateful again.  Wait. . .