Beauty in Every Day

Riva's Poem won and went to the State's level.

Beauty in every day.

Beauty is a friend always nice and sweet. Beauty is a boy who can sweep you off your feet.

Beauty is music never dying out. Beauty is a camp that makes you want to shout.

Beauty is an art where creativity is flowing. Beauty is a plant that never stops growing.

Beauty is a book wonderful and fun. Beauty is sometimes in a one mile run.

Beauty is a pool sparkling and blue. Beauty is a little kid who can tie his own shoe.

Beauty is a house and a roof above your head. Beauty is a parent who can tuck you into bed.

All these things are beautiful in every single way. So try to think of more ways to have beauty every day.

Super Bowl Sunday

With two and half minutes to go in the Super Bowl, my almost 7 year old son finally decided to join us and watch the game. Warner had thrown a touchdown pass to Fitzgerald and the Cardinals have taken the lead.

Then Pittsburgh comes roaring back to life and scores with 34 second. A few seconds later, Warner reach back to try to launch a bomb and is sacked.

My son cried. He goes to the car and sits there for a while. I join him after 15 minutes.

We sat in the car quietly for a few moments. Then he looks me in the eyes and says 'Dad, I'm not a Vikings fan'.

Ilooked him back in the eye and says 'That's ok. You're your own person and can root for any team you want to root for"

After a few moments of silence, I said 'What is your team?''

"Aizona Cardinals' he replied.

"Hmmmm.....they played a great game."

After a few moments of pause, I said "Well...if you're going to be a Cardinals fan, I'm going to make the Arizona Cardinals my second favorite team"

He smiled.

Later on that night, he asked what if Arizona plays Minnesota? I told him he better watch out cause the Vikings are going to win!

When I went to bed, I had a tinge of sadness inside me. I couldn't help thinking how I was 7 years old watching my first Super Bowl and rooting for the Minnesota Vikings. After that I became a Vikings fan for life. I didn't realized 35 years later, they would still not have won a Super Bowl. I hope my son doesn't go through the anguish I went through for 35 years.