I love donuts. Next to cookies, it’s my favorite sweet; I’m dying without them. Giving up sweets for Lent isn’t easy for me; giving up pop isn’t as hard. Sweets though? I have them every single day. After dinner, with a glass of milk, it’s happening… whatever is in the house, and typically, there are many options. Now, I just finish my dinner and look around, lost… haha… what can I eat that is sort of like a sweet but not really??? Sometimes I’ll throw a handful of Froot Loops in my mouth, or maybe some granola… something… Only a few more weeks to go…
Meanwhile, today my son is enjoying his last day being 12 years old. Yes, it was on this day 13 years ago, that we went into the hospital. Almost a day later, out came the boy… and now, he’s about to be a teenager. Crazy how fast things go… it’s been a good run.
I started doing something for my son many years ago, again, related to sports. I’m saving the ticket from every game we go to together. The first one is actually framed… Of course it was a Cubs game; he was about 5 months old. I went with my brother and his son; he was about a year old. We had the boys strapped to our chests in one of those baby carriers; how else were we going to hold them and our beers??? Haha… Couple guys were messing with us, asking us whose babies those were, as if this were all just a ploy to hook up with some girls… haha. We had fun, almost lasted the whole game, a Cubs win. Since then, every ticket stub has went inside an envelope in my dresser; the envelope is bulging. Of course, not many ticket stubs around any more; that kind of sucks, especially for this thing that I’m doing. Have no fear… I print the online version to serve as the physical ticket stub. I know, not quite the same, but… what other options do I have? I plan at some point to put them in an album/binder to give to him; I think it’s pretty cool. Hopefully he will too… If I get really crazy, I can put pictures next to each ticket too. Not sure if I have a picture to associate with every game, but I know I have a bunch. This may be pushing the limits of my creativity though… haha… or maybe it’s just laziness.
Time is a crazy thing; I’m glad I made sure to prioritize time with the family, my wife and son, these past almost 13 years; will never be able to get these back. Kind of tied into my anniversary thought… no regrets. I did the best I could; I will continue to do the best I can…. time to start navigating the teen years… this should be fun.
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