basketball – It’s Shaun’s World

Several weeks ago, I shared a Facebook memory with excerpts from my journal entry from 1998 along with a few pictures of Michael Jordan memorabilia that I had collected during that era. I had originally shared them on Facebook while watching Michael Jordan’s documentary, “The Last Dance,” which aired in April and May of 2020. In that post, “The Last Dance,” I said that I would share the newspaper articles if I came across them in my Facebook memories. Well, here they are, along with a Space Jam coin I had found.

Side Note: If you didn’t watch the 10 episode documentary, you missed out. It was phenomenal! Took me all the way back to the 90s. Smiling

The Space Jam coin that came with the VHS tape.

How about I had forgotten the Chicago Bulls beat the Utah Jazz in the 1997 and 1998 finals. Fun times! Loved the game. I should look and see if I wrote anything about the 1997 finals. During that time, I would have been preparing to move from Florida to Turkey so I may not have written much. Going to check before I share this post.

Well, that was my love for basketball in the 90s. Sadly, I can’t even recall the last time I watched a NBA game since then. However, over the past few years, I have watched a few BIG3 games. I love the fact that some of the players from the 90s are now coaches or have come back to play with the BIG3. My favorite team is the Triplets coached by Lisa Leslie. Y’all, she’s so awesome!

I did write about the 1997 Finals. Here’s some of what I found.

Shaun’s Journal Entries: June 13 & 14, 1997 (excuse my penmanship—when I write, I write with passion😅)

My baby girl was only 2 years old back then.☺️

Y’all, those were the days…

Praying you have a great day. Love you!♥️

Shaun

So, in the late nineties I was a basketball fanatic. I lived and breathed basketball. Never played any sports in my life, but I loved watching basketball. When I tell you I used to be so hyped during basketball season! I knew the stats on so many players, and was obsessed with collecting basketball cards (spent way too much money). Don’t know when or how I got started collecting cards, but once I started I couldn’t stop. I am so glad that phase only lasted a few years.

Fun fact: I wanted to be a sports journalist back then. Even saw myself doing interviews.☺️

Here’s what I shared while watching Michael Jordan’s documentary, “The Last Dance.”

Facebook Memories: April 19, 2020

As you can tell, I was so excited! Michael was the GOAT! I imagine I was smiling for days. What a wonderful time in history. I even have the newspaper article from the win somewhere. Thought I had shared it, too. Maybe I shared it while watching another episode of the series. If so, I’ll share it with you later.

Y’all, I just love my life and my memories. My journal entries keep me entertained! If something happened back then, I probably wrote about it. I even have magazines from back then. So many stories and relationships documented. What a life we have lived.

By the way, I am trying my best not to get sucked into watching the escalating conflict that’s happening right now. Praying for the whole world, and leaving things in God’s hands. After I had my PTSD moment the other day, I went to read a chapter in Zechariah and ended up in the book of Zephaniah. If you are unfamiliar with it or haven’t read it in a while, I recommend that you do. It’s extremely short (only three chapters), but very telling. As much as we would like to control things, some things cannot be controlled. There have always been wars and famines since the beginning of time. We just never know when or where it will happen next. My prayer to God is always, if only for a few seconds, let the world experience total peace. That’s the harmony I seek.

Didn’t mean to end it on such a somber note. Life is so interesting…

Wishing you a wonderful day!♥️

Love you,

Shaun

Tag: basketball

More Jordan Memories

The Last Dance