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An Uncommon Encounter

Yesterday, I was having lunch downtown at Uncommon Grounds. A young lady stops and said, “Coach Johns?” Her name, Christine O’Donnell, played on my tennis team 20 years earlier.

“Coach, I want you to know that you changed my life! I was very competitive and starting my junior year. I had never played tennis before and was playing in the “exhibition” matches. One day you took me aside and told me that I wouldn’t be playing in our top lineup, and would stay in “exhibition”. You offered me a chance to try another sport and I thought I would try rowing. Your conversation that day with me changed my life! I decided to try rowing and I would receive a full scholarship to college.”

Today I visited Christine at her Podcast business in Saratoga. Timing is everything! So glad we reunited. I wish her and her family the very best.

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