Life Lessons from Pickleball™

E66: Annemarie & Terry: Love, Resilience, and the Healing Power of Pickleball

• Shelley Maurer and Sher Emerick • Episode 66

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How can pickleball strengthen a relationship, carry you through cancer, and remind you that love, patience, and community matter more than winning?

In this episode, Annemarie Riese and Terry Kisner share their heartfelt story of partnership on and off the pickleball court. Introduced to the game during COVID by Terry’s family in Hays, Kansas, they quickly fell in love with pickleball as a way to stay active, connect with others, and spend meaningful time together. They talk about what it is like to play mixed doubles as life partners, how they handle mistakes, competition, communication, and frustration, and why fun and friendship always matter more than the final score. 

Annemarie also opens up about her recent breast cancer diagnosis, surgery, radiation, and recovery, and the extraordinary support she received from the pickleball community through it all. She shares how the court became a place of encouragement, normalcy, laughter, and healing, while Terry reflects on what it was like to walk beside the person he loves through such a difficult journey. Together, they offer a moving picture of resilience, vulnerability, caregiving, and the power of letting others help. 

Along the way, Annemarie and Terry talk about patience, humility, communication, mixed doubles, tournaments, breast cancer awareness, and why pickleball continues to bring people of all ages, backgrounds, and abilities together. This is a warm and inspiring conversation about pickleball, mixed doubles, relationships, breast cancer recovery, caregiving, patience, partnership, community, resilience, and the life lessons that remind us the relationship is always more important than the result. 

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