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This Week In Chelsea Sports Photography: 27 Jan – 3 Feb

Wednesday: Hockey
Chelsea defeated Huron, 6-2.

Thursday: Basketball
In an unevenly-lit gym whose darkest point was center court, Chelsea defeated Lincoln, 66-64. Also, the fire alarm went off, and nobody seemed to be alarmed, which leads me to wonder if it can’t really be called an alarm; maybe it should be called a fire ignore.

Saturday: Hockey
Chelsea defeated Kearsley, 9-1. I’ve heard of plenty of schools, but Kearsley was new to me; when I looked for answers, I found that the Kearsley school district is east of Flint. The district’s website says Kearsley is “where pride, tradition and excellence meet,” so I’m guessing there’s a good restaurant or coffeeshop there.

Two years, again

Sunday, 13 January 2008, marked two years since the death of Ann Arbor firefighter Amy Schnearle-Pennywitt. As with the day of the accident, I didn’t want the day to pass without commemoration, so I visited the grave after church.

I wasn’t the only one commemorating that day; Amy’s family members, friends and co-workers were there for a memorial service. I arrived shortly after the service ended, so I had the privilege of actually meeting a number of people for the first time (and in a few cases, reacquainting myself with people I’d met on the scene of the accident); those conversations were moving and humbling. I was aware that her family members and co-workers had read my account of the accident, but I didn’t know just how much it meant to them until I was able to meet them; I posted my thoughts mostly for me, but when I met her family members and co-workers, I learned that those thoughts ended up serving a purpose far greater than my own catharsis.

It is the hand of God that took my words — the words of someone who played the wrong sort of role in the tragedy of that morning — and used them to bring comfort to those who needed it.