Pay the price...

"There is a price tag on everything worthwhile, but it is seldom a monetary one. The price is more often one of dedication, deprivation, extra effort, loneliness. Each person decides whether he or she wants to pay the price. Those who do, achieve beyond other people."

- Jim McKay, Sports Broadcaster

The Good 'Ol College Days...

CP Homecoming weekend...Good times :-) Was fun to be back in SLO spending time with old friends, coaches and Gold medal winners! SLO remains unchanged and as peaceful as ever. Firestone still has the best tri-tip and Farmers Market, memorable. It's hard to believe that it has been 9 years since I lived there and 11 years since I gave birth to Kaliya! She was thrilled visit the city that she calls her place of birth and now insists that she is going to play basketball at Cal Poly for Coach Faith...Only if she keeps the '80's suit with the big gold buttons...What happened to playing at Stanford and becoming liked C Wiggins??? I love that girl! The football stadium received a facelift and it looks like there is finally sufficient housing on campus. There's nothing in the world like college life! Fun, carefree....Ah, I'll just have to live vicariously through my children...

Yes, that's a picture of me with Beijing Olympic Gold winner Stephanie Brown-Trafton. My former college teammate has come a long way from the days of breaking the nose of our point guard accidentally during practice and surviving pre-season conditioning during which I would yell at her for not finishing her sprints fast enough and making inexcusable sounds while running. College, the good 'ol days!