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Just in:”Patrick Mahomes Amazes Everyone with Unbelievable Offer to Homeless Girl The Californian afternoon sun beat down harshly on the cracked asphalt of the public court in East Oakland. Sarah Johnson adjusted her curly ponytail, wiped the sweat from her forehead with the faded sleeve of her t-shirt, and took a deep breath”. See more…
Patrick Mahomes Amazes Everyone with Unbelievable Offer to Homeless Girl
The Californian afternoon sun beat down harshly on the cracked asphalt of the public court in East Oakland. Sarah Johnson adjusted her curly ponytail, wiped the sweat from her forehead with the faded sleeve of her t-shirt, and took a deep breath.
The worn-out basketball in her hands had seen better days, just as the court where she spent her afternoons had. The scent of Mexican food from the corner food truck mingled with the distinctive aroma of the Bay, creating that unique Oakland atmosphere she loved so much.
well the weight of life. Six months ago, she and her mother, Patricia, had moved into a temporary shelter after they lost their apartment on Roosevelt Avenue.
Patricia’s long spell of unemployment had taken its toll, but not their dignity or the hope of their small family. Sarah still remembered the day she found the abandoned basketball near a garbage container. It had been her first sign of luck in weeks.
Just one more hour,” Sarah murmured to herself as she positioned herself on the makeshift three-point line she had drawn in chalk. The rusty rim of the hoop swayed gently in the Bay breeze, but that did not bother her. She had already learned to factor in even the wind, adjusting her shots to nature’s rhythm.