This next to last Friday in July 2019 finds the middle and south east parts of the country in the midst of a heatwave. Around here, tomorrow, is supposed to be the hottest day of the year so far. This is going to impact our weekend.
As I wrote on Monday, this week I've been busy getting ready for my SoKY's Got Talent audition on Saturday morning. It's been a process of refining my vocal technique and revising my script. I've finally settled on what my performance is going to be but I still have to tweak it a bit.
It's also been a week of helping my wife prepare for her first ever outside vendor event as a Color Street stylist.
She will be setting up at the annual Duncan Heinz festival. Because it's an outside event, even though it's just 3 hours in the late afternoon/early evening, the excessive heat is going be a factor.
Its is been an even busier week for her than it has been for me. But there's an air of excitement surrounding the event preparation. With this event, she takes another step into something that will help her succeed as a Color Street stylist.
This week's "Throwback Thursday" pic that I put up on my Facebook page yesterday, was a team photo of my church softball team from 1987.
I spent 11 years playing for the Easton Assembly Of God softball team in Easton, Pennsylvania. 1987 was my last year. About half of the guys in this picture also started playing in 1976. I got the experience of having my dad on the team for the first couple of years. He was a pitcher. My cousin, Gary, also played those first couple of years.
I started out playing 2nd base but being left-handed that didn't work out too well. I eventually switched to catcher and that's where I stayed.
I was 15 years old the first year the church had a team. I was really into collecting baseball cards at the time. I ended up making my own softball card. This was way before there was any computer technology to help me design it. So I had to make it as an "arts and crafts" project. The only picture I had was my sophomore high school picture. I adopted a nickname for our team the "AGs". Here's my baseball card.
On the back of the card I put my first season stats, personal info, and a "fun fact" just like the real Topps baseball cards did. Of course I had to mention my dad.
I have so many stories about playing softball for the church. I can't even begin to share them all here. But there is one place I know stories about my church softball days will always be shared and it involves the reason I am writing this post.
In this second version of the softball pic, I've circled 3 people. From left to right: 26 year old me and my friends, Gene and Larry.
Out of all the people on that team, Gene and Larry are the only two I still have contact with. But to me they are more than former teammates I keep in touch with. They are lifelong friends.
In the last 20 years I've only had a couple of chances to spend time with them. In September 2016 they came to visit me in Kentucky. We went to Nashville and visited the Corvette Museum.
The following summer, in August 2017, on a visit back to Pennsylvania I had the chance to have lunch with them.
Both times we got together, it was like no time had passed since we'd seen each other.
Gene was my church youth leader when I was a teenager and Larry coached the softball team for a while. So we have a lot of stories to share about those days. But we have a lot more in common, too.
Gene and I exchange texts all the time. He sends me pics of all the festivals and activities he goes to in the downtown Easton area.
As of this post, Larry and his wife, Tina are planning a trip that passes by my way in October of this year. I look forward to seeing them again.
As a guy who doesn't have a lot of close friends, I must say that I really love these guys. I cherish their friendship and can't wait to see them again. It was Gene who sent me this picture of the softball team and I'm glad he did. It got me thinking about how blessed I am to have a pair of enduring life long friendships.
Do you have any friends that you don't see very often but have that "no time has passed" connection anytime you do get together? Let me know about them.
Thanks for taking the time to read this 2nd post of the week. I will update you on the events I mentioned in the beginning next week. I will see you then.
As I wrote on Monday, this week I've been busy getting ready for my SoKY's Got Talent audition on Saturday morning. It's been a process of refining my vocal technique and revising my script. I've finally settled on what my performance is going to be but I still have to tweak it a bit.
It's also been a week of helping my wife prepare for her first ever outside vendor event as a Color Street stylist.
She will be setting up at the annual Duncan Heinz festival. Because it's an outside event, even though it's just 3 hours in the late afternoon/early evening, the excessive heat is going be a factor.
Its is been an even busier week for her than it has been for me. But there's an air of excitement surrounding the event preparation. With this event, she takes another step into something that will help her succeed as a Color Street stylist.
This week's "Throwback Thursday" pic that I put up on my Facebook page yesterday, was a team photo of my church softball team from 1987.
I started out playing 2nd base but being left-handed that didn't work out too well. I eventually switched to catcher and that's where I stayed.
I was 15 years old the first year the church had a team. I was really into collecting baseball cards at the time. I ended up making my own softball card. This was way before there was any computer technology to help me design it. So I had to make it as an "arts and crafts" project. The only picture I had was my sophomore high school picture. I adopted a nickname for our team the "AGs". Here's my baseball card.
Out of all the people on that team, Gene and Larry are the only two I still have contact with. But to me they are more than former teammates I keep in touch with. They are lifelong friends.
In the last 20 years I've only had a couple of chances to spend time with them. In September 2016 they came to visit me in Kentucky. We went to Nashville and visited the Corvette Museum.
Gene was my church youth leader when I was a teenager and Larry coached the softball team for a while. So we have a lot of stories to share about those days. But we have a lot more in common, too.
Gene and I exchange texts all the time. He sends me pics of all the festivals and activities he goes to in the downtown Easton area.
As of this post, Larry and his wife, Tina are planning a trip that passes by my way in October of this year. I look forward to seeing them again.
As a guy who doesn't have a lot of close friends, I must say that I really love these guys. I cherish their friendship and can't wait to see them again. It was Gene who sent me this picture of the softball team and I'm glad he did. It got me thinking about how blessed I am to have a pair of enduring life long friendships.
Do you have any friends that you don't see very often but have that "no time has passed" connection anytime you do get together? Let me know about them.
Thanks for taking the time to read this 2nd post of the week. I will update you on the events I mentioned in the beginning next week. I will see you then.
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