Laraway Family

Anthony and Chas had their last basketball game the other day. One of the other players, Ian, was trying to get a shot off, and this monster from the opposing team blocked it pretty hard, which frustrated Ian, who began to cry.

Anthony's team transitioned to defense, but not Ian. He stayed on the offensive side of the court, crying loudly, looking - ostensibly - for his mom.

The balls goes out of bounds at the other end, and Anthony gets to dribble it up the court. He dribbles past mid-court and focuses on Ian like a laser. He picks the ball up, travels like crazy (which is tolerated at this level), and protects the ball like it's gold. He had one thing on his mind:

Get the ball to the crying boy on my team to make him feel better. He muscled his way through to Ian and tossed a very short pass to him. Ian turned around and shot the ball, but most importantly, he was done crying.