~:[CH15 - Day 34]:~ The First Last of Many

 

~:[CH15 - Day 34]:~ The First Last of Many

For my seniors, we begin to approach that moment where they begin to experience the many lasts of life. As they talked on the way home from Surf City, they mentioned that this is their last high school run conference. Today, we had our last league game of the season. It was hard not to tear up during the girls game. One of our best players was injured and out for the season, however, they were able to have here score a point, her final high school point of her career. You could see the emotion of the face of our PG as she made the pass and the celebration as it went in. Similarly, in our boys game, our lone senior celebrated his final basket in a dramatic fashion. After taking a half to score his point, he strung off two buckets before driving to the hole and powering through with a layup plus the foul. It was a great way to end his last league game. It was a bittersweet night as we celebrated the seniors, but as we also realized that tonight was our last together. There will be CIF, but league has come and gone and now, they'll begin seeing their many lasts coming their way. Life is kind of like that. We zoom by trying to get to a certain point in our lives and before we know it, we're reaching that stretch of lasts in life. In life, it's much harder to gauge, still yet, you get a sense that "this" or "that" may be the final chance, as our time is limited. In life, instead of assuming we have forever, let's live each of these moments as if it's our last. Make the most of these precious moments and appreciate all that you have, even if our day isn't the best. As life is full of ups and downs, but we never know if it's full of time. I hope that we appreciate each tick and tock on the clock, as truly we never really know how many lasts our life will give us. Let's treasure each and every one.