Monthly Archives: March 2007

Parenting in a Nutshell

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Want to know what parenting is all about?  Read this.

"Baby, can you hear me now?"

He looks up, nods. His hair is sweaty and ruffled at his temples, and I want to smooth it but I don’t.

"We will do this together. TOGETHER. I need you to trust me. I am on your side. If there is a way on earth, I will find it. Do you understand?"

He
holds my gaze for a few seconds, then nods and drops his eyes. Behind
him through the back windshield, I see another man come out of a side
door, another woman guiding him with a hand at his elbow.

"I love you."

"I love you, too, Mommy." Defeated. Deflated. Asea.

He does not look at me again.

See Ya Sports Machine

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When I was in high school WRC Channel 4 (NBC) in DC hired a guy named George Michael to be their sports anchor.  Up to that point I thought the only REAL sports guy in town was Glenn Brenner, and although Brenner was always my favorite until he died suddenly of a brain tumor in the early 90s, I did enjoy Michael’s schtick.

What I’ll always remember Michael for is his Sports Machine which he started in DC and then syndicated nationally in ’84.  That coincided nicely with my freshman year of college when I was in Seward, Nebraska.  I was very homesick and watching the Sports Machine in the student lounge was a nice dose of home cooking for me.

Michael’s run is coming to an end at WRC and although I haven’t watched him in over two years I’m going to kind of miss the guy.