This picture is kinda about my new glasses. We went to pick them up at the Jefferson Pointe Mall, and right across from the eye place was the pizza place. Soon after we sat down, the gentleman over my shoulder sat down next to us. He was a regular there, who was telling the hoistess he'd just got back from Miami, he had attended the National championship game where our Indiana Hoosiers beat Miami in the greatest sports story America may have ever seen. (Briefly, before the current coach came to IU, they had the worst all-time record in college football. Two years later they are #1, National champs and 16-0)
We talked a bit when he first sat down, but more extensively after we have eaten- and he and I both had a beer or two in us. We regaled each other with sports stories (including the fact he had snagged a bit of confetti from the postgame celebration that "was going to get laminated and hung on the wall"...)
He had actually made the trips to all the postseason games (He said, "You'll never get me on a plane the rest of my life!") and was emotional about finally getting to go to a Rose Bowl game (where we pounded Alabama!!). He told us that he loved the games, but hated having to go to Los Angeles and Miami, where "You have the rich, and then you have the very poor". Which took us into a whole other set of discussions.
Towards the end, he said, "I usually don't share this unless I have a couple of beers in me", and told us he is in a very bad place health wise ( which I won't divulge). So it was kind of a melancholy ending, but he has a good attitude. "At this point, I don't care about sharing it, because what do I have to lose?"
I have my doubts we'll ever see Larry again, but I doubt he'll leave our thoughts anytime soon. If you get a chance, I hope you'll join us in a prayer for Larry.
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