More than anything－maybe even more than basketball－David loved hugs.

　　I’m not sure David

　　ever knew

　　my__7__.He

　　called me“Mrs Coach”．At every game，he’d spot me in the stands and come，parting the__8__like the Red Sea to get a hug.

　　Our oldest child，when he was 5，wanted to be“ball boy”for his dad’s team.David wouldn’t

　　hear of it.He and the boy battled it out tooth and nail for years，__9__over loose balls like dogs

　　over a bone.

　　All was__10__after the boy started high school and played on his dad’s team.David liked the__11__the boy played.

　　Later，in the years when my husband was battling cancer，David never said much，__12__did his job as always，diligently and well.

　　He__13__sweeping the gym floor.“Sweeping is not the team manager’s

　　job，”he said.But if he caught the coach sweeping，he’d__14__the broom(扫帚)and

　　finish the job without a word.

　　That was__15__.I had not

　　seen David for years.My husband passed away and I__16__.I heard he’d

　　retired as team manager.

　　I was back in town for a visit, when I__17__him at my favorite breakfast place.

　　He was sitting at the counter, __18__， grayer，big as ever, with his sweet wife, Stephanie.

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