On the 10th day of Christmas, the joy I share with you is the joy sports!
Today we will get to see my Denver Broncos play the Houston Texans. I could insert a little smack talk here, but we’ll stay on point. This may feel a little out of the ordinary with the 9 prior days of Christmas, but I think it blends nicely.
Today we will get to see my Denver Broncos play the Houston Texans. I could insert a little smack talk here, but we’ll stay on point. This may feel a little out of the ordinary with the 9 prior days of Christmas, but I think it blends nicely.
This morning I woke up conflicted about what my joy was today. When I finally slowed down to actually connect and feel what I’m excited about, I realized it didn’t have much to do with Christmas, except it does! My football team has flown all the way down to Texas to visit me and give me the gift of a football game in my backyard! We’ll, not MY backyard, but close enough that I’ll jump the neighbor’s fence and play in their backyard.
It IS like a Christmas gift to me, and this will be Lee’s first NFL game. Bonus!! What’s the big deal? I really enjoy becoming lost in sporting events. Not lost in the arena, ‘can’t find my mommy, please call for help’ kinda lost, but the lost that comes about when you enjoy something enough that you are able to tune the rest of the world out.
I’ve always been an athlete and life tried to slow that down, and I have some, but the passion remains. When conversations about politics, religion and rules start up, I walk away. You really have to earn my trust in order for me to even think about chatting with you on those topics. That said, you don’t have to know me at all and I’ll scream Go Broncos! Right at cha’.
Much like any cause, team, even that we may be excited for, we want to share the joy. For some, that may be the topics I stay away from, but for many, something like a football game may be the joy they need to escape the craze of a shopping lists on December 24th, or a family dinner that involves conversations about the ballot box, or maybe the gazillion voices in one’s on noggin’.
So there ya go… a little bit different, but MY joy none the less. The joy of sports with those like me!
From Houston this morning, GO BRONCOS!!
From Houston this morning, GO BRONCOS!!
