A Legacy of Love

I would like to give a shout out to my high school volleyball coach, Joni McCoy, who was recently inducted into the Texas Girls Coaches Association Hall of Fame!!!

An honor so earned and deserved. It was truly a privilege to play for and coach with her all of those years.

This is the poem I wrote for her Reunion/Retirement party 7 years ago...WOW!! Has it really been that long?

Slow down, time. ;)

A Legacy of Love

By Erin Vick Franklin

A legacy of love

Is forever written on our hearts

 And the words will always be

Sweet memories of our days together

And the love that we continue to share

The faint tug on our hearts

Of days gone by

Remind us of that time

When we could conquer the world

So long as we were together

Our fearless leader, tried and true

The Real McCoy

Stood by our side through everything

The victories and the defeats

The laughter and the tears

Life and love

And all that we encountered along the way

She believed in us more than we believed in ourselves

Looking back

It’s just too good to be true

It’s as if it was a dream

And she made it all come true

For this we are forever grateful

 In all of life we know

There will never be another McCoy

Another me, another you

Another time such as this

But one thing remains to be true

These are the days we’ll remember forever

Congratulations, Coach McCoy! We love you! :)

These are the girls from "my years" who were at the retirement celebration - members from the 1995 State Runner-Up and the 1996 State Championship teams! We played together in the exhibition games that day and had a blast re-living the "glory days." Love you girls!