Through an odd combination of events I will once again have a Sunday afternoon void later today as I will miss out on spending time with Vickey Ritchie and her Special Olympics Basketball family.

Week one of the stretch had us at the Carroll Wellness Center for a swimming 🏊‍♂️ afternoon, courtesy of Shannon Dalton and members of the Swim team.

Week 2 & 3 didn’t take place as some work was being done at the Gymnasium we use.

Now week 4 has me up I-81 and it be the last time to help Vickey before we head out Friday. Just odd that it played out in that manner.

There have been a decent amount of teams that I’ve spent time around while in Carroll County and each one is completely different but there’s only one Vickey Ritchie.

Maybe its the fact that both Vickey and I are chasing the exact same thing, INCLUSION. Maybe its the fact that the Gymnasium is full of smiling faces and the reason why they are smiling is the entire process is designed for Joy and feel good.

Still my favorite pic of Vickey Ritchie and for a number of reasons. First, I’m a Big Fan of the Lady on the left, her Friend and Neighbor, Brandi Cochran- Mitchell. Second, Vickey has an ability to act with her face !

Here’s hoping that the practice 🙏 goes great today and know that I will be thinking about it from a distance 😊.

Thank You Ma’am, for everything that you do and for the manner in which you do it !

Mrs Shannon Dalton and members of Joi Ogle’s Swim  🏊‍♂️ team took the time out of their Summer schedule 📅 to make some people smile from ear to ear.

  Whenever I am blessed 🙌 to be in position to assist Vickey Ritchie, I am there for her but with limited photos 📷 because of the sensitivity of her program.

Vickey will have plenty of pics later on but trust me when I say that Shannon Dalton was being Shannon Dalton and it meant the World 🌎 to Vickey Ritchie

Vickey Ritchie is a big fan of themes, almost as much as Halloween 🎃 itself. So today’s Basketball 🏀 practice should be dipped in EXTRA fun as the Star 🌟 Wars universe has their day in the Sun 🌞.

Vickey Ritchie with the Photo 📷 Credit !

Brett Petty stays pretty busy nowadays and Saturday was no exception. Petty has taken his appreciation for running 🏃‍♂️ to a new level as today he completed a 10K Run !

If everything goes as scheduled our paths will cross tomorrow afternoon in a special edition of Area 9 Special Olympics Basketball 🏀. I think its about some guy named Luke and his Dad, maybe 👀???

Congratulations 👏👏👏 Brett !