The magic of film

Last night Chase got the opportunity to go to a Basketball game. The Waikato Pistons were playing and Chase loves his sport so off Steve and Chase went.

I sat home watching a DVD that almost scared me into a heart attack – 'Sanctum' a movie about caving and diving and I can highly recommend if you're not like me and aren't claustrophobic

But my heart wasn’t the only one racing.

Chase was given the honour of taking the ball onto the court at the beginning of the game. He then got to sit with the team! All of this organised by the guys from Winger Subaru and the Pistons themselves.  And it wasn’t just a case of just letting him do it. Because it was being televised live by SKY, permission had to be sought.

Chase’s eyes were as round as saucers when he got home and was explaining his night. I was just so happy for him.

And that’s when I got a tad grumpy; grumpy with myself.

Grumpy that I can’t seem to find a way to just do a little more to earn a little more to buy a video camera. Now that’s a luxury I grant you. Many families don’t have one.

It’s just moments like last night I would love to be able to capture so Chase can visit them again later on. There’s magic in being able to see yourself and I don’t think that magic truly disappears even if we not 100% sure that we like the way our hair was, or the extra few inches that suddenly appeared!

We have the TV documentary showing Chase. We even have loads of photos, just no other footage of stuff. Stuff like Saturday soccer, like Cross country and triathlons. No birthdays or holidays.

It is a case of we eat and in Chase’s case eat as much as we can get down him, or we scrimp and try to save those few hundred dollars for a camera.

The food seems to take priority and at the end of the day I’d prefer to have Chase here that just watch a movie, but wouldn’t it be nice.

But for now the camera can wait, I am just going to keep making sure Chase has nights like last night, that he keeps living his life without stopping for the right angle, the right light or even the right pose.

Got to love those Waikato Pistons though!