Yuku free message boards

Remove this ad

First of all, thank you for all the kind words. My family and I appreciate it.

We're back from Texas. Here's the rest of the story:

After Texas made the second free throw and we called timeout, I turned to my wife and said...."Michael is going to hit the game winning shot." I was holding my son because everyone was standing and he couldn't see. When Michael hit the shot I started jumping up and down with him in my arms, screaming. As time ran out, I looked at my wife, a UT alum and she had tears in her eyes. I had tears streaming down my face as I tried to explain to my son what had just happened. I couldn't even get the words out.

After celebrating with the Badger fans in our section, we knew we had to see Michael. It turns out that the players' families wait for them after road games. We walked down and joined the throng of Badger fans waiting for the players to come out of the locker room. During that time we had the chance to meet Michael's uncle and Michael's mother. It's easy to see where Michael gets his kindness and heart from. Wonderful people.

Looking at the scoreboard my eyes started to fill with tears again. It was like a waterworks. Finally Michael came out. He went to his family first. He then answered a few media questions. He finally saw my son, wife and me. The four of us fell into a group hug as the tears started again. Michael's first words as he turned to my son..."You were the first thing I thought of after I hit that shot." More tears. The previous night, we had given Michael my son's original #22 jersey for luck. I made him promise never to get rid of it. He told us it was in his bag and was never leaving. More tears. My son finally looked at me and told me...."Dad, you have water coming out of your eyes." I tried to explain to him that it was because I was so happy. He told me to stop. No luck, more tears.

There were a few more hugs with Michael's family and handshakes and hugs and high fives with Michael, and more tears from me, and we made our way out of the Erwin Center.

An unbelieveable experience. It could not have been drawn up any better. Thank you to Michael and his family for EVERYTHING.