A Precious Moment

[BillyMac]

I posted this a few weeks ago, but it's worth repeating. Girls varsity game. V1 fouled in the act of shooting a missed field goal attempt. V1 shoots first free throw. Before I bounce the ball to her for her second attempt, she points out a very small pool of blood in front of her, coming from a scratch on her arm. As she, and her coach, and her trainer, are deciding whether, or not, to take a timeout, or get a substitute to shot the second free throw, my partner, and I, are distracted by the act of getting the blood pool cleaned up. First nobody offered to do it. Then the opposing, head coach, puts on some gloves, and cleans up the blood with some paper towels. Then the custodian comes out, admonishes us for allowing the head coach to clean it up, stating that school rules only allow him to handle blood, I guess he's the "Blood Police", and sprays the area with some disinfectant, and dries the area. All of this takes about five, or six minutes. Coach decides to take a timeout to keep V1, remember her, in the game. We get everyone lined up properly for the free throw, and I, as the lead, state, "two shots", and bounce the ball to V1 . No one in the gym, coaches, or fans, complain, until V1 states, "I only get one shot. I already took the first one". I thank her for her honesty, get the ball back from her, state, "one shot", and play on.

Also a good reminder to us to be alive when the ball is dead.