Joy Riggs

Joy Riggs is a writer based in Northfield, Minnesota. Her essays and articles have appeared in numerous publications including Peacock Journal, Mamalode, Minnesota Parent magazine, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. She blogs about her family’s adventures in making and appreciating music at mymusicalfamily.blogspot.com, and she is working on her first book of nonfiction.

EssayJune 7, 2017

Hoop dreams of a younger sister

By Joy Riggs

My first basketball court was a smooth, square patch of concrete between the one-car garage and the rest of the dusty rock and gravel…