Blind Prophecy

Lest anyone think I was entirely unathletic, here’s a shot of my 4th and 5th grade basketball team.

(top: Matt, Peter; bottom: me, Jason, Chris, coach Kristofferson)

Oh, wait, I was entirely unathletic. We lost every single game we played. The following season, 6th grade, my mom coached the team and I scored 2 points the entire season (both for free throw shots on separate occasions). We also had hot pink uniforms that year (our school mascot was the panther, and we wanted to be the pink panthers), very much to the dismay of coach Mom. I should also mention that Mom was several months pregnant while she coached us and still beat us regularly in 5-on-1 basketball. It wasn’t just the height advantage she had over preteens, Mom possessed athletic skillz and I’m pretty sure none of the rest of did.

The only thing I really remember about the 4th grade and 5th grade seasons was getting in trouble a lot for not understanding the 3-second rule and running laps in practice.

Filed under: Mi Familia, personal by Jere Keys