So... there was a pink and black basketball.
PawPaw Criswell gave Emily this pink and black basketball 3 years ago.
Emily never plays basketball. She's played with it (and the goal she got the same year) maybe 5 times in three years.
Emily has two brothers. Her brothers sometimes play basketball. More lately than ever... boys have phases.
Emily won't lend anyone her pink and black basketball. The boys think it's the best basketball we own.
So, one night Emily's brothers borrow her pink and black basketball without her permission to play with their friends in town.
Emily's pink and black basketball pops because there is a screwdriver sticking out of the goal post where the pin should be.
Emily's pink and black basketball is no more.
Emily's brothers come home in a panic. They tell Emily's mother that the pink and black basketball is no more.
She tells the brothers not to mention it. She will replace the ball with an identical ball in the morning.
Walmart no longer carries a pink and black basketball..
Brother #2 and Emily's mother purchase a black and white basketball.
We all decide not to say anything until Emily notices the pink and black basketball is missing.
That was over a week ago. She missed that ball tonight.
It was devastating. She was betrayed. Her entire family lied to her. She will never be the same. There will never ever be another ball like the black and pink basketball that Paw Paw gave her last year. Life is forever changed. It was an inconsolable hour and a half for Emily.
Rest In Peace pink and black basketball. You probably won't be missed but for tonight you were irreplaceable.
