For the second time in a row, I am having to play catch up. There are times when your mind says ‘green’ and yet the body says ‘red’. I have been in that kind of a funk in the recent past. Did someone say there was a panacea for that? I am all ears but not a quick fix because you end up feeling a lot more overwhelmed than when you started out. I guess that is why anything (and I mean anything) that gives you a quick 'umph' needs be viewed with some skepticism.
Well, Danju’s Ottawa trip came and went. All my anxieties came to nought. The young fellow and his classmates had fun and came back safely. It would seem however that it was a little too busy as so much activity was packed into a few days trip – a possible reason for the cold and flu symptoms that he came down with a day after the trip.
It was yet another football game for Papa’s team – the Oakville Titan Renegades two Sundays back at Iroquois Ridge High School field. Interesting game! The Renegades ran up an 18-6 lead by the half only to see a couple of fumbles allow the Mississauga team back into the game. Some said it came down to mental toughness while others violently argue that the injury to Andrew a key defensive player took the fighting spirit out of Oakville.
It was kind of a scary moment watching Andrew go down after a tackle. Initially it seemed nothing out of the ordinary ( for a physical sport as football) and perhaps it was just a little ‘kink’ in the neck. Thirty or so minutes later and he was still lying in a supine position on the field with medics around him ( the ambulance was called in) I had that sinking feeling that says “ wow this is much more than I thought”. Of course the game at that point was the last thing on anybody’s mind.
As he was being carried off on a stretcher into the ambulance with his neck in a brace, his team mates who took a knee all that while with helmets off cheered but there was no thumbs up sign from Andrew. That was not a good sign. We were later to be informed that he had what in lay terms could be close to a whiplash but had felt so much numbness in his fingers that tried as much as he did, he could not give the thumbs up sign to the crowd cheering as he was carried off. How soon he will return to the team is difficult to guess because he still wore his neck brace at last night’s game. If you are wondering what he was doing at last night’s game, wait for it. He came to cheer his team. A good young Canadian kid! That’s what camaraderie is all about.
As Andrew was carried off at the Iroquois High School field, the game was restarted. By this time, the mood on the Renegades team was sombre. Remember these are kids 10 – 12 years. When the final whistle was blown, Renegades had lost by one point. C’est la vie!
I forgot to let you know that we finally did get our home sold for a profit (in a very depressed market). To God be the glory. Those who know the business will tell you that in real estate three words matter – Location, Location Location!
Now we need to intensify our search for a home to buy in our new location. When you live in a city and are shopping for a home in another city some 4 hours away by air it gets tricky. God help us.
My daughter Sampi has not been a happy camper since the ‘For Sale’ sign went up on our lawn. I understand perfectly. In your penultimate year in high school what you don’t want is to go to another school so far out and begin to build new acquaintances. Some times you wish everything was within your control. I feel for my baby girl. How do you tell her in this situation to start tidying up for the move. Tidying up is a whole new ball game. A home is not just a building, it is your sanctuary and when you have lived in yours as long as we have in ours, putting all your stuff in boxes for the movers to take is a bit daunting. We are at that stage now and it’s yours sincerely with three children. Boy am I going gray or what?
You start sorting things out, and the more you dig the more things seem to remain the same. It is a challenge but a friend said his dad told him a s a young boy that life was not for sissies. I think it was Macbeth who was quoted as saying “… they have tied me to a stake, I cannot flee but bear-like I will fight this cause…” Yes we can!
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