Mother’s Day Bliss!

Mother’s Day is always a treat! This year my wonderful husband and darling 8 year old took me for a day trip to Patriot Place at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro.  We are big Patriot’s fans, as you may know – so I truly enjoyed this day.

We haven’t been to the stadium since we went to training camp last summer.  At the time only phase 1 of Patriot Place was completed.  It was a lot of fun to go back up and see it now all finished.

We went into the “Hall” which is like a museum to the Pats.  It was so much fun and neat to see all the memorabilia and rich history.

As we entered the Hall we were ushered into a theater for a 15 minute movie narrated by James Earl Jones (love his voice)!  It featured many veterans and more current players like my favorites, Tom Brady and the ultimate die hard – Tedy Bruschi.  Since we were there early, we wound up being the only ones in the theater so as I entered, I proclaimed that it was so nice that daddy had rented out the theater just for us!  Well, my daughter got a big kick out of that and had to ask her dad if he seriously did. 

The movie was short, but really captured the essence of New England and what we have here from cranberry bogs, lobster boats, to Nantucket and Martha’s Vineyard.  They interviewed fans who have stuck with the Pats even from the very early days.

Oddly enough – I became very emotional. I blotted my eyes so that my husband and daughter didn’t see.  I let it go and moved on with the rest of my fabulous day.

As I was running around on Monday, I thought about this teary moment that I had.  It’s not the first time I’ve gotten teary eyed with a football moment.  I gave it some thought and realized that football to me is more than just a game.  I come from a family of football die hards, players and fans alike.  We are rich in high school, college and pro football tradition.

Football to me, means family, pride, tradition, and history.  It’s what my dad and I share – our love for the game.