Parental Advice from a Mother Who Lost an Eight Year Old Daughter

laceyThe Lansing State Journal recently contained an article written by David Harns which commemorated the six month anniversary of the passing of Lacey Holsworth. She was the eight year old girl with terminal cancer who captured the hearts of basketball fans everywhere because of her smile, positive attitude and a very special relationship with Michigan State University men’s basketball star Adriean Payne. In the article, Lacey’s mother Heather provided the following advice for fellow parents: “Get off your phones. I don’t know how many times I’ve seen little kids doing something so cute, or sweet or funny and their parents are sitting there with their nose in their phone. Put your phones down and enjoy life for what it is at that moment. It might not be that way in 10 seconds. It might not be that way tomorrow. It might not be that way a year from now. You’re never going to get that time back.”

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