Wonder Woman

Have you ever skipped class or missed a meeting?  Did you then try to rationalize your the resultant guilty feeling by telling yourself it was better for your health if you slept in?  

A woman named Amber Branson is the head coach of the Lipan High School girls basketball team.  Last Friday, she led her team to a regional semifinal victory.  The regional final was scheduled for Saturday, and most people assumed that Amber would miss her team’s game.  Why?  She is pregnant.  After the victory on Friday, she gave birth to her third child just a few hours later.  

You’d think that she would skip the game on Saturday the day after giving birth, but Branson had other plans.  She returned to coach her team on Saturday and led Lipan to a come-from-behind victory, sending the Indians to the state semifinals for the first time in eight years.  

Because she gave birth to her daughter Leslie so quickly, there was not enough time for an epidural injection.  “That was all part of God’s plan.  If I had the epidural, I might not have been able to make the game”, Branson said.  When she returned to Leslie, Branson and her team took a picture with the newborn.  

It’s stories like this that make you realize your minor complaints are virtually meaningless.  We think our lives are tough- we complain about a test or a teacher.  We moan about how our significant others do not pay enough attention to us.  I’m glad to see a woman who takes the meaning of the phrase, “Seize the Day” to a whole new level.