Grandfathers Appreciation
Grandfathers Appreciation
The year was 1982. I was just eight years old, not a care in the world other than how late I can stretch out my play time on a school night. I longed for the weekends because I could stay out until the street lights came on! At this particular time, videogames weren’t the mainstay of child entertainment. My friends and I relied on good ole physical activity in the lines of sports and bicycles to pass our time. Anything that kept me from my daily routine of fun and excitement were a real downer in my eyes. One of the things I despised the most was the routine visits to my grandparent’s house. Don’t get me wrong I loved my grandparents, it’s just that every visit involved me being put to work doing various …show more content…
The game fell on a Sunday afternoon. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t get a wink of sleep the night before. I had been guarding the front door, like a soldier on the front lines, in anticipation of my Grandfathers arrival that morning. My patience had finally paid off when I saw his 1976 Buick Electra turn the corner at the end of the block. My Grandfathers car was as big as battleship, same color too! Before he could pull in the driveway I was already waiting for him at the street. With a wave back at my parents we were off. I believe the drive downtown from my house was only about a 45 minute drive but it seemed like hours. Even with all the talk about how the Cardinals players had been doing thus far that season. I remember my Grandfather going on about how Neil Lomax was going to have a fantastic year and break the passing record for touchdown passes this season. Now I wasn’t very old but I was thinking that my Grandpa was being a little delusional. We finally arrived downtown and I started to get a glimpse of all the tall buildings. I had never seen anything like it in person. I was in shock at the size of these structures. Within minutes we were at the stadium looking for a parking spot. Bush Stadium was magnificent in its appearance, large and round with the arched windows that circled the rooftop. Flags, adorned with team insignias, were flapping in the wind on the peak of these
The year was 1982. I was just eight years old, not a care in the world other than how late I can stretch out my play time on a school night. I longed for the weekends because I could stay out until the street lights came on! At this particular time, videogames weren’t the mainstay of child entertainment. My friends and I relied on good ole physical activity in the lines of sports and bicycles to pass our time. Anything that kept me from my daily routine of fun and excitement were a real downer in my eyes. One of the things I despised the most was the routine visits to my grandparent’s house. Don’t get me wrong I loved my grandparents, it’s just that every visit involved me being put to work doing various …show more content…
The game fell on a Sunday afternoon. I’m pretty sure that I didn’t get a wink of sleep the night before. I had been guarding the front door, like a soldier on the front lines, in anticipation of my Grandfathers arrival that morning. My patience had finally paid off when I saw his 1976 Buick Electra turn the corner at the end of the block. My Grandfathers car was as big as battleship, same color too! Before he could pull in the driveway I was already waiting for him at the street. With a wave back at my parents we were off. I believe the drive downtown from my house was only about a 45 minute drive but it seemed like hours. Even with all the talk about how the Cardinals players had been doing thus far that season. I remember my Grandfather going on about how Neil Lomax was going to have a fantastic year and break the passing record for touchdown passes this season. Now I wasn’t very old but I was thinking that my Grandpa was being a little delusional. We finally arrived downtown and I started to get a glimpse of all the tall buildings. I had never seen anything like it in person. I was in shock at the size of these structures. Within minutes we were at the stadium looking for a parking spot. Bush Stadium was magnificent in its appearance, large and round with the arched windows that circled the rooftop. Flags, adorned with team insignias, were flapping in the wind on the peak of these