The games
They are my Olympics-watching soul mates. And it is a joy like no other, our shared excitement and shouting at the TV and oh, how we rejoice, again I say rejoice, at the victories of our countrymen. Those stars and stripes, they mean something. What better way could there be to teach my little men about Americanness than for them to see the US at its finest.
My love for the Olympics knows no bounds. It was Kristi Yamaguchi and Jackie Joyner-Kersee who first pulled me in. But what made me a lifer was in 1996 as I sat on the living room floor in the blue house, glued to the TV, and watched Kerri Strug break her ankle landing from a vault. Pretty sure I didn't breathe as that tiny hero girl went back and vaulted again for the gold, broken ankle and all, and stuck the landing on one foot. I can't handle it, y'all. Knows. No. Bounds.
To share it with these boys - from explaining how everything works to ugly crying my way through the Derek Redmond story. Oh the adrenaline. Can't handle it! As Trey and Aden would say, "Humans for the win!"
We're embracing the joy, the thrill of victory as these amazing people are crowned the very best in the whole wide world at something. Praising the God who made our bodies capable of such wonders. Agonizing with those who blow it. And falling in love again with American unity. If only for three weeks. That hopefully we'll remember for a lifetime.
My love for the Olympics knows no bounds. It was Kristi Yamaguchi and Jackie Joyner-Kersee who first pulled me in. But what made me a lifer was in 1996 as I sat on the living room floor in the blue house, glued to the TV, and watched Kerri Strug break her ankle landing from a vault. Pretty sure I didn't breathe as that tiny hero girl went back and vaulted again for the gold, broken ankle and all, and stuck the landing on one foot. I can't handle it, y'all. Knows. No. Bounds.
To share it with these boys - from explaining how everything works to ugly crying my way through the Derek Redmond story. Oh the adrenaline. Can't handle it! As Trey and Aden would say, "Humans for the win!"
We're embracing the joy, the thrill of victory as these amazing people are crowned the very best in the whole wide world at something. Praising the God who made our bodies capable of such wonders. Agonizing with those who blow it. And falling in love again with American unity. If only for three weeks. That hopefully we'll remember for a lifetime.
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