Thanks Again
I repeat my October 28, 2016 words because today is the Chicago Cubs’ Home Opener
& this makes me and about every single person I know very, VERY happy.
YaY.
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Dear Chicago Cubs,
Thank YOU.
For knowing.
For believing.
For doing.
The WORLD SERIES, baby.
You. Did. It.
! ! ! ! !
You. Are. Here.
& I cannot begin to describe the happiness that fills this ol heart of mine.
It’s a sentimental mess, is what it is.
A pile of oooey, gooey mush.
The memories, cascading through my brain.
It is wonderful overload
& I just can’t get enough.
You see, there’s this man I know.
I call him Dad
& he’s a fan.
I mean a real, REAL fan.
The type of fan who remembers 1945 because he was there.
Thirteen years old, there
& when that boy became a man ?
He found his soulmate while they served in our United States Navy
& btw
His New York born and bred bride became quite the fanatic herself.
They raised six children, became grandparents and great grandparents
& through it all, Chicago Cubs, YOU were there.
Oh the love.
Oh the FUN !
The STOP everything !! the game is on.
The …
Billy Williams.
He was my first official crush.
I saw that face and my young girl’s heart went BOOM.
I’d stare at his baseball card and dream of our life together
& I would call dibs on left field every single time.
I’M BILLY WILLIAMS I’d inform the neighborhood kids as we’d run to our positions.
I’m Billy Williams.
Summertime.
Now, THAT was summertime.
Backyards, local parks.
Running bases and bouncing balls off the front steps
& who couldn’t, who can’t rattle off the ’69 Cubs roster ?
That team was our everything
& then there were those twentysomething-ish days.
The days of ‘wanna go to a game ?’
& off we’d drive to Wrigley Field.
No lines, no waiting, no outrageous ticket prices.
Just us and our ice cold Old Styles.
Just because.
Sitting on my couch, whimpering like a child as the 1984 Cubs clinched the National League Division Series.
How I loved them so.
Siblings and I informing our parents that their 50th Wedding Anniversary would be spent at a Cubs v White Sox game because where else would it, could it be ?
Chicago Cubs = Them
& you were, you are US.
It’s as simple as that
& now, today there will be a World Series game in Wrigley Field for the first time in 71 years.
WoW.
You know that thirteen year old boy I was talking about ?
He’ll be there.
Devotedly documenting this priceless moment on his scorecard and in his heart
& Mom will soooo be there too.
She’s your angel in the outfield, FOR SURE.
Thank You, Chicago Cubs.
For knowing.
For believing.
For doing.
For. Everything.
🙂
