I've got to go back to school 2 weeks from tomorrow. Sad, huh? Not that I don't like my job, I do. But it's stressful, and I don't have time to be creative.
Sewing is my Prozac.
The Babe
A man whose father caught a Babe Ruth homerun ball 70 years ago, has been forced to sell that ball for money to pay for his wife's cancer treatment. A family treasure, a priceless heirloom. Both of these descriptives probably apply more to his wife than to that dirty old ball. Still....how sad. I wish the person who bought it would give it back to him.Gold Medal
Kerri Strug was at our convention in Nashville last week...I'll bet only half a dozen people recognized her name. (After all, most of these attendees were HS students who were 5 or 6 when she was in the Olympics!) Until one of the guest speakers pointed her out & told the crowd of nearly 5000 who she was and her part in winning the 1996 Team Gold Medal in Women's Gymnatics. Wow I remember that night so clearly! It was beyond exciting.
Anyway, Kerri was bombarded with autograph seekers and I happened to be near her & got a shot of her with Lu. She was a real sweetie, too. (Kerri, although Lu ain't bad.)
Til next time lurker-loos...hopefully I'll find my happy by then.
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I got stuck at back to school in two weeks.
ReplyDeleteI'm crying for you!
I met Keri once, a friend of mine at Berkley knew her. This was about three years ago. She was still super muscle-y, tiny, and obviously very strong-willed. she seemed like a cool girl with a lot of guts and no time for BS.
ReplyDeleteI remember Keri very well...we brought DD2 home from the hospital on the day the '96 Olympics opened, so, with my older kids at their grandmas, I basically spent the next 10 days or so nursing a newborn while watching the Olympics.
ReplyDeleteI remembered Keri with amazement 5 years later when I sprained my ankle badly and couldn't even walk; her unbelievable vault on a similar injury was nothing short of heroic.
Thanks Erica :D I wake up every day in mourning, LOL.
ReplyDeleteKeri's VERY tiny, as you can tell by her standing next to my 9 year old!!! Lu isn't particularly tall for her age either, although she might be a bit taller than average. She's about 4'6. Lisa, your daughter must be about a year younger than as my ds. Gary was just able to walk around good at the 96 games. I tore my Achilles tendon partially with complete tears of the lateral ligaments this spring. I have NO idea how she did that vault. Sheer force of will. She's a strong girl I'm guessin!! She's working in the juvenile justice dept. I guess in DC. How fitting!