Growing up I hated watching football, or any sport for that matter. It may have something to do with being shushed in unison by the three men (dad and 2 bros) surrounding me as we would sit together watching football. I felt left out and it seemed appropriate that football should take the heat.
When I married my amazing husband one summer in July(truly not just saying that) I quickly realized I would be a very LOOONNNEELLLY woman every Monday night and sometime Thursday...and sometime Sunday right after church from preseason in August to the Superbowl in February.
Not only did Terry love football, he loved the packers, and not only did he love the packers...he loved Brett Favre. Favre meant something to him. A man who married his high school sweet heart and still married to her! He battled addiction, had his ups and down, but NEVER missed a game. Terry identified with his work ethic and it seems to me, that he was encouraged by this.
So I had 2 choices. put Terry in the middle between his love for Football and me?? That would never work. He would secretly resent me. I decided one day, a truly calculated decision, I chose to join him in his love for Football.
It wasn't easy at first. So many questions, and Terry knows SO MUCH about the game, but I could tell he was growing tired of my constant asking. The season I chose to fall in love, was not a good one for the Packers....so it was a bit of a struggle. But by Thanksgiving I was laying on the couch by myself as the rest of the family finished feasting watching not one game but two!
So there it began. I began to love the feeling of fall when the new season comes around. The air begins to cool, time to wear sweaters and comfy coats, the Holidays approaching...and time to watch football. The excitement of each game, the subconscious nail biting because the intensity is so great. I didn't realize it at first, but on Monday nights when we have some friends over to watch the games, one night I realized I wasn't in the kitchen with the girls, I was in the living room with the boys. I had fallen in love with football.
Best of all, My husband and I were sharing something together.
What prompts me to write this post is two things: 1. Yesterday was the first game of Preseason
2. Brett Favre was just reinstated to the Packers. 3. Our home is filled with excitement. Excitement for the time we will spend with friends as we open our home to them, the games that will be so fun to watch and to me, the time spent with my husband doing something we love together.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/football/bears/cs-080803-brett-favre-reinstated-green-bay-pompei,0,3467647.column
6 comments:
This post totally rocks!
This will be my first season a full blown Packers fan now that Brett is back in the saddle.
Terry has selected a few very excellent "celebrities" to hold in high esteem and I respect him for that!
His excitement is contagious huh?? Hopefully we can all get together for one of the games...can't wait to see how this is all going to play out!
This one just makes me smile! =) You are amazing, Kathleen.
Hey- what happens now? Do you become Jets fans? :( Does Terry love the Packers or Favre better? Sorry, for the disappointing trade....
Stephanie, for me personally, more of a Favre fan. I will watch both intensely, one to see how they do without Favre, and the other to see how they do with Favre. I enjoy watching football overall...you guys like football too?
We are more of an Angels fan family, when Mike watches football he enjoys watching it but it doesn't take over Monday nights for us. :) I was wondering if I could get your phone number so it would be easier to contact you so we could get together. My email is sshurance@yahoo.com.
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