Feel good story...

Today my son John gets credit for the feel good story of the day. His baseball team has been having a rough run of it losing the last 2 or 3 games. Personally he was having a difficult time also, especially with hitting, as the league he moved up to is more difficult than the league he played in last year, much more competitive. He was getting a bit discouraged at times. Well, today the baseball gods must have been smiling on him...he had 2 RBIs with the first one in the 5th inning bringing in the run to tie the game. The second one was much more dramatic. It was the bottom of the 6th, they had last ups. It was still a tie game. There were two outs and John was up next (every mother's nightmare if their kid plays baseball...very stressful). The last pitch was thrown, John swings (I swear to God it was going in slow motion), and it goes past the shortstop for a single to bring in the winning run for the game. I have never seen him look happier than I did today when the whole team crowded him for congratulations....yes I, (and my friend Carla) had misty eyes...Way to go buddy!

It's been a busy month since my last visit.  I just added two slide shows to show that I really haven't been slacking and laying around eating bon-bons.   For those who don't know, the boys and I participated in a Boston area walk for ALS in honor of Pat's former hockey coach, John Filo.  It's been a learning experience for all of us, not least of all for Patrick.  Patrick is very fond of and attached to Coach Filo.  So much so that when we needed to solicit donations to raise money for the walk, he brought the pledge sheet with him to church on Easter morning and solicited donations.  In all the boys and I raised almost $300 to give to ALS research.  It was a great day and there was a tremendous turnout of his hockey kids, all wearing the Quincy Youth Hockey team shirts.  It was quite the sight to behold for John, at times it was difficult for him not to get emotional.  It was a true testament to someone who gave so much of his time, that it was his turn to be the beneficiary of us giving our time for him - gratefully.  We love Johnny with all our heart, will always love him and be there for him anytime day or night. This photo above is my favorite photo from the walk - the boys with their favorite hockey coach Johnny

ALS walk for Coach John Filo

Opening day for Baseball 2009