“Even not knowing him, everyone feels close to Kobe,” Leigh Kakaty, 44, said. “Part of our youth passed away.” I got all choked up this morning in front of my first class. And then my second class. And my third. As much as I hate hyperbole, this does actually feel like a personalized national tragedy. Just about everyone I know has been impacted - even people I didn’t think gave a damn about basketball recognize the sense of loss with this one. I woke up, thought everything was fine and then remembered what happened and my countenance fell again. I keep trying to understand why it’s so saddening…
Monday January 28, 2019
Monday January 28, 2019
Monday January 28, 2019
“Even not knowing him, everyone feels close to Kobe,” Leigh Kakaty, 44, said. “Part of our youth passed away.” I got all choked up this morning in front of my first class. And then my second class. And my third. As much as I hate hyperbole, this does actually feel like a personalized national tragedy. Just about everyone I know has been impacted - even people I didn’t think gave a damn about basketball recognize the sense of loss with this one. I woke up, thought everything was fine and then remembered what happened and my countenance fell again. I keep trying to understand why it’s so saddening…