I never, ever would've thought my sports induced asthma would be used as
a good thing till tonight. It has always been a pain to me. Always
getting sick with a cold or something and making it harder for me to
play basketball as I get older, but tonight has changed my whole
understanding of my asthma. I've always thought of it like a curse,
because I can't go into any places that have a funny smell that bothers my asthma, or if I don't take my inhaler an hour before a practice I don't play my best. Well, tonight one
of my basketball players, who has the same kind of asthma as me, came
tonight after being sick for a few days. She definitely looked like she was out of it. Her mom came to me asking if I
could keep an eye on her through practice. I said sure. I toned down some of the drills for her because I know how she feels. After being sick for a few days and
then you are thrown back into practice again at full pace, you feel like
you're gonna fall over and just give up, but she still did good. At the end of practice her mom came up to me saying thank you and that she was glad I was there, because I understood what her daughter was going through. Then, her daughter came up to me after I gave her a basketball valentine and hugged me. That was the first she has ever hugged me. All I could do was smile. That just shows I'm doing something right...maybe. :P
Anyhow, the whole point behind this post is that even though I have asthma, God has showed me there is a good thing behind it. It's not all bad. Yeah, I have asthma and I need to take an inhaler everywhere I go, but it's not all that bad. I can connect a little bit more to this little girl and many other basketball players that have the same problem and understand them better. And really, this little girl had taught me new things about my asthma too. For example, I can stick my inhaler in my vent, so I don't need to go digging through the black hole I call my Nike bag to find my inhaler. I can just pull out my vent and there it is! I know that sounds a little bit silly, but it's a miracle to me! Haha! So, if you have a disease, disability, or a health issue, don't think of it as a curse, think of it as a blessing and a way to connect with others and maybe connect them with God. :D
