Pat Summitt

A Legend. A Mother.  A Force. A Sister. A Coach.

A Winner.

A Friend.  A Leader. A Daughter.

A Teacher. A Tennessean.  A Team Player. 

A Student.

An Inspiration.

You get the idea. An accomplished woman to say the least. There was a startling breaking news announcement concerning her on Tuesday, August 23, 2011.

She has been diagnosed with the beginning stages of Alzheimer's. Unbelievable. Yet, if anyone is determined enough to beat it, it is Pat Summitt! We have always had a special place in our heart for her and Lady Vol Basketball. Our girls have attended the Summer Camps with her for several years past. She is a class act. A total package. The picture below is from the year that Sittie and Jidi picked the girls up at camp. What a treasure this picture has become!

Ally had to write a letter for her 6th grade teacher a couple of years ago. Her assignment was - if she could be anywhere in the world, where would she be? Well guess what Ally's answer was...at Thompson Bowling Arena playing basketball for Pat Summitt and the Lady Vols! Her teacher mailed her letter to Pat Summitt and look what Ally received in the mail from Coach! What a woman!

In HONOR of her, the entire STATE OF TENNESSEE wore their ORANGE today to show their support for her and her battle against this terrible disease!