It's amazing to see what a small town does in events like these. a week ago from today we all read in the paper that the head coach of my school's football team passed away. Oddly enough, he passed away on Friday, September 21, at 7:01pm. our friday night football games start at 7. I know God had a planning in that one. Anyways, on monday morning all the teachers had to read something to us about this coach, because he had been the head coach of the football team for over 25 years, and a teacher for a long time too. a lot of the teachers at my school who had been there a long time were taking it very hard on monday. but my homeroom teacher told us that we should be very thankful that we live in a small town such as ours. a town where many people go to the football games, even if they don't know anyone who goes to the high school. it's really nice because the football field is in a park right in town, and a lot of people just walk to the game. well, all the people who don't live in developements in the area. it's only two or three blocks away from my house. even on the nights when i work, i can hear the announcer from outside our house. and Main Street is always parked full of cars. actually, the street i live on is pretty parked up too, so it's hard to find a parking space coming home from work.
anyways, i didn't have to work last night, so i went to the football game for once. i haven't really had much motivation to go, because the people i always walked around with either graduated or have better things to do. but the girl who graduated comes home every weekend, so i was able to walk around with her during the game. except we seems to stop every ten feet because she saw someone she knew, and hadn't seen for a while. but i guess that's just what happens whenever someone is away for awhile. but i'm glad i went last night.
i knew they were going to something special in memory of the head coach who died. when i first got there with my dad and brother, i sat with them until the marching band was done with their thing. but we get there super early so they can get a good seat. so we watched as the two teams warmed up for the game and did their weekly routine. but there was something different about what they were wearing. they had some special shirt on. the mother of a football player in front of me said that they had special shirts made for the team. it said something about playing the game for the coach. even the assistant coaches had those shirts on, along with a lot of the behind the scenes people for the team. and then we heard that they were selling them. so during the course of the game, we saw many, many people wear these shirts. there was also a different shirt that a lot of people were wearing, but it had the same concept.
it's so amazing to see an entire town come together like that. i guess it shows how many lives were impacted by this coach. they read something special about him before the band played the national anthem.
our team still lost though. but it's been quite the week for the players and the coaches.
i really love this town. it may not be the ideal small town, but it's pretty good. and i'm really glad that my parents made an effort to buy a house in the school district. even if it had to be on the small side. at least we're in walking distance of the school, and our church. and i have a great school to go to.
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yeah I remember when I first came to my small town. I was amazed at how nice everybody was. Back when I lived in the city I didnt know anyone. But here anybody'll just walk on up and say hi, and you'll see people in the store just run up and say hi to each other. Its really neat.
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