Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Show Days 2

Welcome to week 2 of Beth's "showing" exercises. If you want to know more about the "Show Days" Series click here. This will be the last "show days" until after A-Z.


I find a seat on the first bleacher. My daughter and her family are sitting three rows up. I'd rather be there, but I'll never make it up the steps. It's okay. I can see Matt well from here. I hunker into my coat and try to stay warm against the wind. It's not possible. My teeth clatter together from the chill, but I refuse to leave. I don't know how many more chances I have to see Matt play. "Yes!" I jump up too fast when Matt rushes the ball across the field and throws it the remaining twenty feet to pass the goal. "Ouch," I moan returning to my seat. I probably shouldn't move that fast again.

I'm going to miss this. But I'll make the most of the next six months, and truthfully I have as much family on the other side as I do here now.

Okay, you tell me. Who is the character? Where is she at? What's happening?

15 comments:

  1. Nice showing of an elderly character at her grandson's football game. :-)

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  2. I'm going with Grandma at a sporting event :-)

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  3. Definitely a grandma, though I'm not sure about football. The action of that didn't quite match up for me. Of course, I'm hardly a sports expert. ;)

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    1. Me either. I just saw people running w/ the ball when E watches, so I thought I'd roll with it.

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  4. Hmm, yes, maybe a grandma who only has six months or so to live??? As per the mysterious reference to "the other side"????

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    1. Yes! I'm so glad you got that! and "I don't know how many more chances I'll have to see Matt play." I was trying to paint a granny at a football game who wasnot feeling celebratory. Maybe not sad, but just not excited you know?

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  5. I guess I'm the only one who got "grandpa" out of the post. Grandpa and football fit better for me, but now that I go back and look, the voice is more female. So good job!

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    1. LOL I guess I never really made gender clear. Thanks Jessie.

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  6. I agree with everyone. It seems like a grandma who has only a little time left to live.

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  7. Grandma at football. I've sat through some chilly ones, but wouldn't miss them for the world.

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