Sports Shorts Ii

By J H HOLLAND

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Sports Shorts II, a collection of short stories, is J. H. Hollands fourth publication. As was the case with his previous collections, Holland told these stories to his children when they were growing up. He has dusted off the pages of some very old stories to include them in this book. The stories are inspirational and contain wonderful messages of encouragement. It is the authors hope that families will enjoy these stories together. True amazement is found in the second or third reading, when readers grasp that there is actually more there than originally thought. Which of the characters do you relate to?

• Language: English
• Publisher: AuthorHouse
• Release date: Jun 19, 2014
• ISBN: 9781496915436

J H HOLLAND

J. H. Holland is a family man, a Doctor of Chiropractic, and a man of God. Through his travels and life’s experiences he has found a unique and profound manner of storytelling. Dr. Holland has enjoyed success in the athletic arena as a high school quarterback on a state championship football team, and lettered in four sports. He has found success in the classroom, earning five college degrees. For the past 25 years, he has achieved success as a business man and as a doctor providing service to the community. Dr. Holland loves people and has an intense desire to teach and inspire through his storytelling and writing.

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© 2014 J H HOLLAND. All rights reserved.

No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted by any means without the written permission of the author.

Published by AuthorHouse 06/13/2014

ISBN: 978-1-4969-1544-3 (sc)

ISBN: 978-1-4969-1543-6 (e)

Library of Congress Control Number: 2014909991

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Table of Contents

Dedication

Introduction

The Balland Family

Balland Basketball:

Teasing Titus

Paper Flight

Shaleel

The Brothers Three

When I Was On Earth

Dedication

To my five wonderful children, Taylor, Britani, McKay, Brayden and Madison, for the inspiration and encouragement to tell them stories when they were growing up. It was you who instilled confidence in me that my stories might be worth sharing with others.

To my editor, Mary Nyeholt, who seems to know what I mean when I write what I write. Thank you for asking me profound questions and for helping me to say what I want to say.

To my illustrator, Heather Sauble, who creates the images that demonstrate what I am trying to say. Thank you for capturing my visions and including my children’s faces in the images. (www.heather-danielle.com)

Introduction

Sports Shorts II is a collection of short stories designed to entertain the mind, lift the heart, and inspire the soul. Based in the world of sports, each story shares morals and values that empower individuals, and encourages them to be successful and accomplished in sports and in life. The author’s hope is that his readers will find these stories to be a source of entertainment and inspiration. Written for readers of all ages, the stories are designed to be read many times, with each reading revealing more entertainment and more enlightenment than the time before.

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THE BALLAND FAMILY

This story happened to an ordinary family in an ordinary community not so very long ago. The family’s name was Balland, which was perfectly appropriate because of their great love of sports. Their house could be called Ball Land due to the wide variety of balls that could be found in every corner of their home. Even some of their furniture was sports oriented, like their original bleachers from the Los Angeles Wrigley Field. Some of their furniture was made out of balls, like Momma Balland’s tennis ball chair. To say that the Ballands were extremely preoccupied with sports would be a huge understatement. In the community, members of the Balland family were easily recognized, since they took their favorite sporting balls everywhere they went.

Big Daddy Balland always loved football. He’d played quarterback on football teams since he was in elementary school, and in championships at each level growing up. When he was not at work, he could be found wearing his football jersey and a pair of football shoes. Of course, he always carried a football with him. Sometimes he played catch with people he met in his daily travels, or he would do finger drills with the football while he drove or walked around.

Momma Balland loved tennis. She was always wearing a tennis shirt and tennis shoes when she kicked around in casual clothes. She always carried her tennis balls with her. She used them for everything, from hand strengthening exercises to handy repair on baby strollers.

The oldest Balland son, JT, was seventeen. Having always loved the game of baseball with intense passion, he understood everything in his life through baseball metaphors. He always wore his baseball shirt and some type of