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Saturday, June 14, 2008

The Swim Races

Major Joyful House Stompies today: it is the State Games this weekend. Nat will be swimming around 12:30 today, and then at 8 tomorrow, and 12:30 again. I went on a huge bike ride with my friend Lisa today in anticipation of a great day (we went down Memorial Drive in Cambridge and then all the way up Storrow, through the Esplanade. It doesn’t get much better than that, except for riding along the ocean at Cape Cod. Wait, make that riding with my sons along the ocean at Cape Cod. That is the goal this summer.)!

We will be at Harvard Stadium, at the pool. If you see a crazy woman jumping up and down, shouting at the top of her lungs, “GO NAT!!!” that is me. Stop by and cheer him on, if you’re in the neighborhood (but remember, Mem Drive will be closed and parking is a nightmare, as always). Maybe we’ll even share some snacks with you.

When you watch a Special Olympics event, I guarantee the other Olympics will pale forever after. Nothing compares. Makes you understand a whole new meaning of “The Best.”

1 comment

A big “Go, Nat!!” from Texas!

The first time I heard much about the Special Olympics, I was a counselor at an Easter Seal camp, and they showed a movie about the Special Olympics on a rainy day. I remember sniffling the whole way through it. It was so moving, and that was just a movie.

Have a terrific day!

— added by Mom to JBG on Saturday, June 14, 2008 at 9:47 pm