Lifeline

Three years and a couple of days ago, I sat in a cold, dark bedroom 600 miles from NC, listening to the Carolina-Duke basketball game. I was incredibly homesick, lonely, and scared. Listening to the game over the Internet was my one connection to home. Within a month, I made my way back to where I belonged.
They say basketball is a religion in North Carolina. I don't doubt the saving power it had for me that night.