This Big Box

This big box represents something very good in my life.  My partner.  We have an inside joke.  Whenever we make future plans, we always say |"contingent on us still being together".  We both make the joke equally. 

Two out of three members of his family use this as evidence that I am emotionally blackmailing him into staying with me.  Believe me, I am not complaining about that.  A couple of months ago, it was all three.  After almost 9 years, one family member acknowledges that I have brought value to my partner's life.  An incredible victory, not for me, but for the power of love. 

Back to the box.  For the last couple of years, I have cheered loudly and strongly for the Washington Capitals to win the Stanley Cup.  My passion was because of their coach, Barry Trotz.  He is good Dauphin boy.  Are there any other kind?  I may be biased about my hometown, but I really believe that there was something in our water. People from Dauphin are just great!  When the Caps won the Cup, I knew that Irotzky would do something amazing when he came to Dauphin.  He showed true class and spent the day celebrating with us and donating a huge sum of money to minor hockey in Dauphin.  I am crying as I am writing this thinking of the parade down Main Street and how so many hockey players, male and female, were in it with their hero.  He could have chosen any street to be named after him and he chose the street where he grew up in and his parents still live.  Just an unbelievable first Stanley Cup for this classy guy. 

I certainly liked Ovechkin all along, but, his reaction to winning the Cup transformed me.  His pure joy, his pure excitement inspired me like I wasn't prepared.  He was literally a kid in a candy store. This meant so much to him.  It was wonderful for a multi-millionaire to show that emotion.  The human experience was universal.  We don't see that raw joy much anymore in our athletes.  So, I fell in love with him and haven't been disappointed.  So inspiring. 

So, back to the box.  Inside that box is a huge picture of OV hoisting the Stanley Cup.  I saw it and loved it.  It was being auctioned off in a silent auction.  I bought it.  It was a lot of money, but, frankly, I have spent more money on a purse.  So, it wasn't the amount of money.  It was the amount of money at the wrong time in our relationship.  It was more than we could afford at the time. Also, I was remembering it smaller when I bid on it.  It is really quite large.  And, I didn't consult him prior to bidding on it. 

So, I was expecting him to say the thing that he says when he is miffed at me.  "I am not impressed."  Yeah.  How harsh is that?  That is pretty much the harshest thing he has said to me.  I have survived this twice before and thought I would be able to weather this storm again.  (As an aside, if you have a guy who that is the harshest thing he has ever said to you, he is a keeper.)

To my delight, he has loved the picture as much as I do.  But, what to do with it.  We may have to move to find a place where this can be displayed and build our life around it.  Maybe we need to buy a house near the abandoned Vimy Arena is currently located.  I have a feeling that area will be the perfect spot for the pure joy that this picture represents. 

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