During the months and months and months that Kris Richardson and I worked on our Basketball 🏀 Book we never reached a moment where we even sniffed crossing words. We just had too much respect for each other and I was adamant about us being partners in the project.
The biggest obstacle in inviting 47 people to contribute to a project is getting the story to flow. We actually had to change editors one time because of the volume of work.
We were constantly going through the invite list, just like Santa 🎅, we had a list and we were checking it twice. Kris mentioned a name that I wasn’t familiar with, actually two names – Bill and Linda Gallimore. Kris said that their Love for the Cavaliers ranked right up there.
The first time I realized who Bill was came when he was asking one of the Girls to autograph his copy of our Book 📖. A couple of nights later he was asking another former player and then a third time. Watching 👀 what I had thought would happen repeatedly almost brought tears 😢 to my eyes.
Finally I asked Bill if I would ever be cool enough to get to sign his copy? I think he’s still mulling it over.
Now, everytime I see Bill in one of the Gyms it brings a smile to my face. When we get to share a moment or two its priceless to me.
Even last night 🌙 when I was announcing the games that his favorite teams were playing I looked up in his direction, seeking his approval. Bill gave me a big thumbs up which just fueled the fire 🔥.
Bill, I am grateful 🙏 that Kris made sure you were included in our story and for the person you are !
A.S.P.N on The Hill 