Winter Has Arrived

Whoa! Winter has finally arrived! I need to call Sammy Cunningham and let him know, that yes Sammy, there is going to be winter this year! He and I had a discussion last sunday about how warm it has been. For me, well, I was plenty pleased with it being in the 70's. Sammy, now, he wanted it to come and get cold winter time. (He claims, so that we can hurry and get it over with!) I don't know if I understood that rationale or not. It could never get cold weather and I would be a happy camper. I'm not a cold weather person, I love summer! There is so many more fun things happening during warm weather, like swimming, softball, camping and grilling on the BBQ, or just hanging out in the rocking chairs on the front porch.(I call that, having a "porch party") During the winter there just isn't much to do. For some unknown reason, the TV stations play back-to-back re-runs of your favorite shows(now, that you are actually inside enough to watch TV), a rare new episode, every now and again or possibly not on at all! It's an absolute travesty, that you have 50 some odd channels to choose from and NOTHING to watch! The one good thing about winter, is that it's basketball season. Ed and I really enjoy a good basketball game. We often spend a Friday or Saturday night at Habersham Central's ball game. Although, our daughter has been graduated almost 4 years. The sad thing I realized this season, is that, after this group of seniors graduate, we won't really know any of the kids, playing for Central anymore, maybe 1 or 2, that's all. We do know quite a few youngsters, that are in elementary and middle school, who are awesome athletes all ready. So, I'm sure they will one day be highschool basketballer's and I'll have kids I know to cheer on, once again! Thinking of that, makes me think of Sammy Cunningham again! He used to coach basketball, a few years back. We saw him at one of Central's games a couple of weeks ago. Just so happened, some of his past players were sitting in front of us, and we got to witness him picking fun with them. You could see the joy of years past, spread across his face in the form of a big grin, as he reminisced with them! I wonder, if he too, felt that same twinge of sad realization, that I did on that night, that I really didn't know many of these kids anymore. Actually, some of those kids playing ball that night, were some of his past players, grandchildren. Isn't it something, that 2 hoops with nets, a round ball and 10 players, can be the connective tissue between the youngest of children and the grandest of eldest! It is truly one the highlights of winter!