Hail to the Spartans!
FINAL FOUR BOUND
This weekend was a fantastic weekend for my and your fathers alma mater, Michigan State! As you know, we both attended college there, your pops played football, and thats where we met (thanks to Mike Tyson, but thats another story). Needless to say, we're both sports fans. Mainly football and basketball, but I would go to various events, just for fun. Rugby, baseball, lacrosse... Its fun for me to watch competition. Especially college. They're pretty seasoned, at that point, typically having played for at least 10 years or so, and many have scholarships. College athlete students with scholarships will tend to have a bit more drive than the average student since they're playing and studying with the scholarship in mind. If they dont perform, they lose it. Its an honor and one to be taken with heart. So, watching these athletes that play with so much heart, is a great watch, indeed. I was on a "team," of some sort, for the first 10 years of my life and nothing replaces that feeling. In practices, you all work hard to individually better yourselves, push your physical limits, and then play together during the game for a common goal to win, and the feeling is great. Even if you lose, you lean on one another for support. Your dad is such an anomaly that, he excelled at individual sports, too. Boxing, Jiu-Jitsu, etc. I went that route with track because I was pretty fast, but it was for the whole of the team, in the end. We both grew up playing sports and the "team" mentality is ingrained in us for the best. The sheer camaraderie that sports brings to an entire group of people, that wouldnt share much, otherwise, is toxic. You feel so much joy and the energy is tangible. Even if you dont like sports, its fun to be in the crowd just for the pure energy. I love, nothing more, than being at an event or even just a room of people, watching a team that you've followed for YEARS, know ALL about and love, and sharing the joys of the moment with that room full of like-minded people. And for me, really, I just love college and earlier. In college, the players are hungry, young, eager, talented, and at their peak of "want." As children, well, THEY'RE CHILDREN. Cute factor to the 10th degree. They make it pure.
Our MSU basketball program is of the classiest in the nation. Tom Izzo has been our head coach since 1995 and words cant describe what he's brought to the program. He loves his students and, like all great coaches, pulls out the BEST of whats inside of them. Its part of the allure to watch the team. To watch them blossom into being their best. You see them come in as "green" freshman and leave their senior year as polished players and gentleman. And with Toms teaching style, they're all true gentleman. Not just stereotypical, meathead athletes. Anyone that watched last year, remembers player Adreian Payne and little cancer patient, Lacey Holsworth. These two had an immediate bond and she became the teams mascot, of sorts. She drove the teams spirit in such a beautiful way that it made it a joy to watch them. She passed away, soon after the tournament. RIP, little one.
http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/10754327/michigan-state-spartans-adreian-payne-mourning-loss-princess-lacey-cancer
Tom Izzo said this: "Princess Lacey has taught us all an incredible lesson about love, strength and toughness. We can all learn from her on how to handle adversity with class and dignity."
I love being part of such an honorable community. Now, if we could just get you to go to State, too, we'll be all good! haha. ;) Kidding, you do what you want - college isnt for everyone, but I will ensure you just be the best of who you're supposed to be. Its my duty to set you up for that. ♥ Your dad and I have talked about what we'll allow you to do or not... Football is close to being off the table. Children are getting concussions at a phenomenal rate and its not a safe game anymore. We're all stronger, quicker, and more skilled than ever. It makes it a dangerous game. NFL players are experiencing some of the worst qualities of life that we've seen. Mike Ditka, of the Chicago Bears, recently said that he would never allow his children to play football if he knew then what he knows now. Its very scary. Pro players are committing suicide and having severe disabilities from the game. Our brains are extremely delicate and it makes sense it would be more prone to trauma when impacted. I dont care what you do! I just want you to be happy and do whatcha like! Play the violin, be a mathematician, travel the world - just be happy and healthy! xo
Magic Johnson was a MSU graduate. He's been representing at all of the games.
music: duran duran - hungry like the wolf
weather: 75 and sunny
breakfast: quest cheesecake bar, water
lunch: falafel, tabbouli, hummus, tom/cuc salad, pita
dinner: always a game time decision... =)
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