Graceketball

Respect is an interesting concept. “It’s not so much the journey that’s important; as is the way that we treat those we encounter and those around us, along the way”   What is respect? 1.  A feeling of appreciative, often deferential regard; esteem.  2.  The state of being regarded with honor or esteem. 3.  Willingness to show consideration or appreciation. 4.  respects  Polite expressions of consideration or deference: pay one's respects. How do you get it? Most would agree that respect is earned . So, how do you earn respect? You give it, sounds weird right? Give something away in order to get it... it's like a boomarang. You first and foremost have to respect yourself , nobody will respect someone that doesn't respect themselves, that is a fact. Give yourself respect. Now, here's the hard part, you then have to respect others , you must value, accept and acknowledge those that you wish would respect you. Here is an explanation...

On 12/3/12 at 6:15 GraceAnne will play in her very first High School Varsity basketball game. She's been busy training in preparation for the big event. She did a nice preseason clinic with Long Island Lutheran coach Rich Slater. Been working with Laura Barry at St John's Taffner Field House. In addition she's been working hard at Buckley Country Day School with Jay Hernandez and Pro-Hoops. So far the team has had some very good practices and a 3 way scrimmage in which they played very well. Today they will scrimmage against Manhassett at home. Grace and I also went to see LuHi scrimmage over the weekend. Faster, bigger, stronger girls. A very fun team to watch. Been hearing a lot about Daniel Patterson possibly going to LuHi lately. That would be fun! Grace got a chance to play against Daniel a number of times when she was with the NYC Bulldogs, very nice player.

GraceAnne's aunt Lisa, my sister, is a brain scientist (neurobiologist). She and her husband are currently working on finding bio-markers to detect autism. This study has the potential to lead to a test that would find autism very early on in a child's life. This   is important because studies have shown that the earliest possible interventions in autistic children lead to better outcomes and better quality of life. The earlier it's detected the earlier you can intervene. If you want to be a part of helping autistic kids and their families, participating in the crowd funding of this project is a very good way to do it. ALL the money donated goes directly to supporting the research, in this instance the purchase of software vital to the study.  At least check out the video and website and see what you think.  http://www.rockethub.com/projects/11806-autism-and-protein-markers   It would be pretty cool to look back in a few years at early detection leadi...

Yup... not even basketball was safe from Sandy's wrath. 8 days without power but GraceAnne was still able to get some training in thanks to Jay Hernandez. Jay was nice enough to open the gym for a few days of Pro-Hoops Academy in spite of the fact that he went without power for 10 days. What a mess! Something nice about being in a gym when life gets complicated, seems to simplify things. Varsity basketball meetings and tryouts postponed. CYO playoffs canceled. Northsport fall league playoffs postponed to this Sunday. Life goes on. Rim is still 18" wide and 10' off the ground. Grace will get back after it this Sunday.