Tuesday, September 8, 2015

It Seems like Yesterday


If I can remember that night 20 years ago yesterday, we were driving home from some sort of family event, and I stopped for gas.  The radio was on loud enough for me to hear while standing at the pump.  How those Orioles’ fans cheered as their Cal Ripken played in his 2,131st consecutive game, to break Lou Gehrig’s record.  Clare, 2-1/2 months shy of four, was strapped into her child’s seat in the back.  She heard the radio, too, I’m sure.
A week or two later, we took a walk to the Avenue Drug Store on Oak Park Avenue, not far from our house.  My little girl insisted that I buy her the wiffle-ball and plastic-bat set.  She was hitting line drives at my head within the hour. 

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