30 Days of Sharing - Ten
Day 10 → A photo of you taken over ten years ago
Alright, back to this, finally. I was hoping to post this a couple days ago, but I had trouble deciding on a picture at first - from about grades 2 to 8 I'm not fond of most of the pictures of me. But I didn't want to go back much farther than that either, since my last entry for this meme already included a really old picture. So I resorted to combing through all the shoeboxes full of old pictures that I keep under my bed. I hadn't looked at them for a long time, so there were a lot of interesting discoveries on my part. I toyed with posting a picture from my very first Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph(and therefore very first Central Choir performance), but when I stumbled upon this one, there really was no other choice.
Spring, 1997, so I was 11. Wade Redden was 19, at the end of his first year as an Ottawa Senator. I had been lucky enough earlier that year to attend a game at the Corel Centre, in the box suite that he had purchased for kids at CHEO. My Dad took me to the game, which was against Vancouver (and we won). They gave all of us pizza and hot dogs and things, and then at the end of the game we got signed player cards - I remember specifically wanting one from whoever got the game-winning goal.
Then, at the end of the season, we were all invited to a lunch party at CHEO, which my grandfather took me to. Partway through the party, Wade arrived. This was the first time that we would get to meet Wade face-to-face, and to thank him for the wonderful opportunity. Clearly, I got my picture taken with him, and I got his autograph, which I still have somewhere.
It was hard for me in the years since then, when he faced a lot of criticism in Ottawa, and even harder when he was traded, because all I can think of is how my interest in hockey at all dates back to this guy. Even then, I think I was conscious that a lot of other 19-year olds would not be so generous, but the older I get, the more I realize how remarkable this was.
Coming up:
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Alright, back to this, finally. I was hoping to post this a couple days ago, but I had trouble deciding on a picture at first - from about grades 2 to 8 I'm not fond of most of the pictures of me. But I didn't want to go back much farther than that either, since my last entry for this meme already included a really old picture. So I resorted to combing through all the shoeboxes full of old pictures that I keep under my bed. I hadn't looked at them for a long time, so there were a lot of interesting discoveries on my part. I toyed with posting a picture from my very first Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph(and therefore very first Central Choir performance), but when I stumbled upon this one, there really was no other choice.
Spring, 1997, so I was 11. Wade Redden was 19, at the end of his first year as an Ottawa Senator. I had been lucky enough earlier that year to attend a game at the Corel Centre, in the box suite that he had purchased for kids at CHEO. My Dad took me to the game, which was against Vancouver (and we won). They gave all of us pizza and hot dogs and things, and then at the end of the game we got signed player cards - I remember specifically wanting one from whoever got the game-winning goal.
Then, at the end of the season, we were all invited to a lunch party at CHEO, which my grandfather took me to. Partway through the party, Wade arrived. This was the first time that we would get to meet Wade face-to-face, and to thank him for the wonderful opportunity. Clearly, I got my picture taken with him, and I got his autograph, which I still have somewhere.
It was hard for me in the years since then, when he faced a lot of criticism in Ottawa, and even harder when he was traded, because all I can think of is how my interest in hockey at all dates back to this guy. Even then, I think I was conscious that a lot of other 19-year olds would not be so generous, but the older I get, the more I realize how remarkable this was.
Coming up:
Day 11 → A photo of you taken recently
Day 12 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 13 → A fictional book
Day 14 → A non-fictional book
Day 15 → A fanfic
Day 16 → A song that makes you cry (or nearly)
Day 17 → An art piece (painting, drawing, sculpture, etc.)
Day 18 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 19 → A talent of yours
Day 20 → A hobby of yours
Day 21 → A recipe
Day 22 → A website
Day 23 → A YouTube video
Day 24 → Whatever tickles your fancy
Day 25 → Your day, in great detail
Day 26 → Your week, in great detail
Day 27 → This month, in great detail
Day 28 → This year, in great detail
Day 29 → Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days
Day 30 → Whatever tickles your fancy