Last Friday night an era ended for Mary and I. Two
Grandson's, seniors at two different schools and each playing different sports, played in their final games; one soccer and the other football. Because of
scheduling, we were only able to see each play in the second half of their
respective games. In one Grandson I can see so much of his Dad and the other
Grandson displays so much of his Mom. While bigger and better things could
be awaiting both of them, we will miss these moments of watching their speed,
the grace in which they played and the toughness that came through with their
actions.
They are both true athletes in every sense of the word,
intelligent in their class work and loving members of our family. Times like
these are fleeting. We saw it with our own kids and we are now seeing it with
our Grandson's; our eldest Grandson has already moved on from high
school and sports and we have one who just came into high school and one who is
in pre-school.
Times like these come around only once, my friends, so enjoy
them while you can because once they are passed you only have the memories and,
in my case, hundreds - maybe several thousand overall - of photos on which to fall back on. That is the reason for
which I first took up photography, beginning with my own kids, and it was worth
it.
Good luck and God bless to our Grandson’s River and Ethan.
We sure do love you both...
To E and Riv... we love you both with a never ending and unconditional love, and will sorely miss watching you play the games that you love... :-)
