It was July 12, 2005 when I heard the news that has forever changed my life. I was going to the Bowie City gymnasium as I did almost every day to play basketball, and start some pick-up games. When I arrived, started looking for my usual squad. I had my best friend Desmond Bowden playing the point, my friend Leon Willis playing the 3 guard, my other friend Kevin Baker playing the power forward, my main man Jeff …showed first 75 words of 580 total…

…showed last 75 words of 580 total…once said "if you haven't found something that you are willing to die for, than you don't deserve to live." Until Desmond had passed, I didn't know what that saying meant. I have not picked up a basketball since July 21, 2005, after a memorial game we decided to play in his memory. And I don't think I will play basketball again for a very long time. And if I do it will never be the same.