Another Olympics gone by...
Mood:  not sure
Topic: Thoughts of the day
It seems that as my sons get older (and me too) I look back on things in relation to the age that they are now. My oldest son is 15 and we and my other son Pat have been watching the Olympics quite a bit. I remember very clearly when I was 15, watching the Olympic coverage every night on the T.V. in my parent's bedroom. My Dad didn't like Olympic sports at all. I can remember being caught up in my favorite venue, women's gymnastics and watching Nadia Comaneci getting all those perfect 10's. I had been hoping that Olga Korbut would get the all around gold but after awhile I switched over to Nadia. For two weeks out of that year I watched sports I would never dream of watching, volleyball, diving, swimming, all these sports that bring people together in a fairly peaceful and supportive atmoshere. I think that's the real draw for me and so many other people. Taking a break from the craziness of the world around us and seeing nations who are normally enemies, compete in a healthy way.
So this year my sons and I watched Carly Patterson, Michael Phelps and all the other new names. It was a nice end to a pretty good summer for us.
I pray to God that 28 years from now they'll be looking back at that time in '04 the way I am able to look back now. Thankful that their loved ones are there with them. And I also hope they'll look back without many of the things that I remember.