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Per JA in the Courant, Kara Lawson's father is gravely ill and that is why she has been away from the Sun for a few weeks. From his article:
" Coming off her greatest season in the WNBA, Lawson’s desire to build upon it has been sabotaged by back misery and a troublesome bone bruise to a knee. She has played in only nine games for the Sun this season, just six as a starter.
Still, injuries come and go; all a part of the matrix of being a professional athlete. Lawson knows that and understood how to react.
Then two weeks ago something happened which she could not prepare for. Her father, Bill, fell seriously ill in the family hometown, Alexandria, Va.
Lawson, extremely close to her family, petitioned the Sun for personal leave and left the team immediately after its road game in New York on July 20. And she did not return until early this week.
But in the interim, Lawson says she heard various rumors about why she was gone, insinuations about marital trouble or dissatisfaction with Sun management. She says the accusations deeply hurt her......
“Somebody asked me if I was having marital problems. They thought that was the ‘family issue.’ People speculate and I understand it’s people’s jobs to speculate. I just think a ‘family issue’ is personal.
“But after I was questioned about my professionalism and about what I bring to the team, I thought it was important to share something very personal to myself and to my family.”
Before she could finish that sentence Wednesday, Lawson, normally so stoic, broke down in tears because of the situation with her father. Lawson said doctors first termed her father’s condition as grave and told her to prepare herself for the possibility that he might not survive.
But her father made it through those difficult first few nights and she said he is doing better, fighting “but he still has a long way to go.”
Very tough to have your father be so ill. Also tough to have to respond to insinuations and speculations during such a family crisis. I respect her personal strength to do what she thinks is necesssary to put the record straight, but feel sad that she had to put up with the innuendoes.
Will be saying some prayers for Kara, her dad and her family, with hopes for his full recovery.
" Coming off her greatest season in the WNBA, Lawson’s desire to build upon it has been sabotaged by back misery and a troublesome bone bruise to a knee. She has played in only nine games for the Sun this season, just six as a starter.
Still, injuries come and go; all a part of the matrix of being a professional athlete. Lawson knows that and understood how to react.
Then two weeks ago something happened which she could not prepare for. Her father, Bill, fell seriously ill in the family hometown, Alexandria, Va.
Lawson, extremely close to her family, petitioned the Sun for personal leave and left the team immediately after its road game in New York on July 20. And she did not return until early this week.
But in the interim, Lawson says she heard various rumors about why she was gone, insinuations about marital trouble or dissatisfaction with Sun management. She says the accusations deeply hurt her......
“Somebody asked me if I was having marital problems. They thought that was the ‘family issue.’ People speculate and I understand it’s people’s jobs to speculate. I just think a ‘family issue’ is personal.
“But after I was questioned about my professionalism and about what I bring to the team, I thought it was important to share something very personal to myself and to my family.”
Before she could finish that sentence Wednesday, Lawson, normally so stoic, broke down in tears because of the situation with her father. Lawson said doctors first termed her father’s condition as grave and told her to prepare herself for the possibility that he might not survive.
But her father made it through those difficult first few nights and she said he is doing better, fighting “but he still has a long way to go.”
Very tough to have your father be so ill. Also tough to have to respond to insinuations and speculations during such a family crisis. I respect her personal strength to do what she thinks is necesssary to put the record straight, but feel sad that she had to put up with the innuendoes.
Will be saying some prayers for Kara, her dad and her family, with hopes for his full recovery.
