This is her, in the blue skirt. She is standing next to her little sister and her cute cousin, Natty B.
Kaitlin was never a very good dancer. Soon she read the books Matilda and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and became obsessed with reading every book she wanted to. (It's apparent she thought they would give her some sort of magical powers, Roald Dahl's books deemed it would be so.) She had a stack of books. She hid out in her room like a hermit, just reading them all.
Her dad, David, had a love of fishing and sports. He bled BYU cougar blue. He had two season tickets to watch his beloved football team play every season, every game. He married into a BYU football family, and he got some pretty swell seats out of the deal too.
His wife gave birth to four girls.
Then David took turns taking those girls to BYU football games. He'd watch Utah Jazz games with them too.
Even though Kaitlin was often in her room being a hermit, she watched sports with her dad, and even though she never played sports and was a failed dancer/artist, she loved to watch sports. Her favorites were BYU vs. Utah and the Utah Jazz in the NBA finals.
That is how it all began.
This is Kobe, Kobe Bryant
In the NBA, sometimes players have one name only. Kobe and Lebron are sort of like Cher and Madonna. Kobe is the sworn enemy to this man, Raja Bell:
Who has just gone to Kaitlin's favorite basketball team in the world, the Utah Jazz.
This is Deron Williams
He is a leader. He is the team's heart.
He is down-to-earth: He chills with the crowd and is goofy. He has the best crossover the NBA's seen in years.
This is Dwight Howard
He is Chuck Norris, John Stossel, Malcolm Reynolds, and Jack Bauer, all rolled into one glorious NBA player.
Dwight Howard does not play for the Jazz. If he did, the Jazz would be so awesome, the NBA could not contain them.
This is John Stockton
He was and is fantastic. He made little Kaitlin want to quit being a hermit and join the Junior Jazz (she didn't quit being a hermit for a while though.)
Good Report and Praiseworthy:
Even if you don't like sports, I'd suggest watching them with a die-hard sports fan sometime. Then you might learn to like sports too. Or you might just do it to archeologically psychoanalize human behavior. Or you could be a detective like me.
Older Kaitlin didn't learn after the Roald Dahl experience. After she read every Sherlock Holmes story in high school, she decided the life of a private investigator was her dream job.
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