Football Confessions

I have a secret to confess...I’ve never really been that into football. I mean I’ve been raised around it my entire life but never really understood what all the hoopla was about. Growing up there was this huge Alabama/Auburn rivalry that I didn’t care much about. I’ve spent more time sleeping in front of the TV during ball games than I ever have watching them. Then I met my husband and married into a family of Green Bay Packer fans. It was a whole new world. I’ve still spent a lot of time asleep in front of the TV but I can now actually tell you names of team members. I know a little about their positions and their history and I even read a biography on a quarterback. I started to care about a team. Sounds pretty crazy, I know. I’m still trying to be a good fan and now I’m going to try even harder since Doug told me he wants to raise a family of Packer fans. So, Sunday he and I put on our Packer jerseys or as the girls call them our Green “Packer” shirts and watched the game. We tried to get the girls excited about the game starting and called them down to watch. Even with my limited understanding I tried to explain some plays to the girls while they jumped up and down and shouted along with their Daddy. Doug likes to get a little loud during the games and will often direct that at the players on TV. At one point he yelled, “Go” and the players actually moved. Lauren was impressed that they had heard him and listened. The girls asked about their Packer gear and we had to tell them that we’re ordering their shirts as they’d grown out of their cheerleader uniform that Auntie Jan sent years ago. Believe it or not I actually had fun. This was compounded by the fact that the weather was cooler that day and Doug made a pot of his family’s famous steak and dumplings. The girls were interested for about the first half and then Anna was ready to go for a bike ride. Heck, a whole half...I think that’s a great start. It’s taken me 37 years to even get close to that. So, here’s to family unity and the Pack. As the girls would say, “Go Green Pack, Go!”

Touchdown!