Well, let's just say sports and a BIG soccer match in Seattle are dominating the day today for our family members.
Our kids are there, ready to take in the excitement of having the home team host the big match today between the Seattle Sounders and the Toronto Reds.
Seattle, of course, is hoping to win the Major League Soccer cup. And, of course, if that happens our kids and thousands of other Sounders fans will be over the top.
Good luck, Sounders.
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Annie, Willie and Debbie are ready to join 69,997 other Sounders fans for the big game today at noon. |
Noon PST on ABC
Bill, whose LSU Tigers beat Alabama yesterday, has a busy Sunday ahead, which will include a fun sporting event in Spokane.
As I type, he's putting the final touches on his stand-in preaching today at First Presbyterian Church.
With Pastor Andy gone this weekend, Bill is subbing as the minister, and the congregation is in for a treat.
It's going to be a service with an Irish theme. Pastor Bill will be using photos and materials he took or picked up in various places on our Irish trip last month.
One item came from the Aran Island of Inismore, while another features a church in Northern Ireland.
Songs today include one of my favorites "Be Now Thy Vision" and another to the tune of "Morning Has Broken."
Once the service has finished, Bill will take the "luck of the Irish" with him to Spokane where he'll watch the Lady ZAGS host Cal State Bakersfield.
In the meantime, I'll be finishing up my chores/responsibilities in time to turn on the TV and watch the Sounders.
Lots of good sporting events, including tomorrow's big game between the Seahawks and the unbeaten '49'ers and then the ZAGS again on Tuesday night.
A full diet of fun stuff, indeed, but this weekend also has a somber theme and reminders of military sacrifices which have helped ensure our freedoms.
This morning's local paper includes a piece about Vietnam experiences, written by my friend and fellow journalist Susan Drinkard.
The story includes some poignant memories shared by local Vietnam veterans. In additon, there's an insert reminding us of the ultimate sacrifices made during the war by our local soldiers.
One of those soldiers, Glen Shropshire, was my classmate and good friend. Just last night I was telling someone about Glen and his good looks, his engaging personality and his phenomenal writing ability.
Glen wrote our senior class prophecy for the Cedar Post in 1965. I still have a copy of that paper, and, like everyone who knew Glen, I still miss him.
Another soldier who died in Vietnam grew up less than half a mile up the road from where we now live. Jim Lockwood's dad was my bus driver. He graduated in 1964 with my brother Kevin.
I did not know Bill Hunt, but I had his son Wayne as a student at Sandpoint High School, and I know several other family members----all fine people.
So, as we approach Veterans' Day tomorrow, I'll leave you with the reminders and a thanks to Susan for providing them for us in this morning's paper.
And, thanks to all who are serving or who have served.
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