My Favorite Thing About August!

When I was a little girl my dad would take me to

football games.

My mother would pop us a big bag of popcorn

(on the stove in real oil)

and put it in a brown grocery bag, 

and send us out into the (Friday) night.

My dad insisted that I sit beside him 

throughout the entire game.

While other children were allowed to run around

he kept me reigned in.....

And he taught me the game of football.

Which probably explains why my 

entire life

I have loved the 

game of football.

Fast forward from that little girl stage

to the teenager stage.

A new boy moves into my 

little hometown

and his is a "WOW-US"

football player.

He was cute. He was funny. He was kind.

He was a good football player.

And I fell hard.

Fast forward a few years later

and I snagged that football player.

Oh my we were young.

And naive.

And happy.

And in love.

And anxious to start our life together.

Fast forward to now....

Thirty three years and 

five children later

we are 

definitely older!

less naive!

still happy!

and very much 

in love!!!!

Many of those years 

together

have been spent

attending 

our children's extra-curricular events.

I could not even begin 

to count how many there were between

five active children.

(And yes, there have been literally hundreds of 

football games 

we attended together.)

Marriage,

without a doubt

is meant to be spent

with someone you not only

love,

but also 

like.

That combination 

makes for a wonderful life.

(And you never know how 

something you learn to love

as a little one...

can lead to so much 

happiness later!)

Happy Anniversary to my 

all-time favorite

football player!