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Have you ever had some event that unexpectedly triggers a whole flood of memories and emotions? The other day I stumbled across an ESPN 30-for-30 episode about the University of Colorado Buffaloes football teams of the late 80s and early 90s. Under Coach Bill McCartney, the Buffaloes rose from obscurity to national prominence for a few years. Our late, special-needs son Peter was a football nut, as described in my memoir of him, He Made Us Better: A…..
Next Tuesday will be three years since our special-needs son Peter, whose story is told in my memoir He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family, Friends (and Football), passed away. I’m no expert on the grief process, but I’ve learned that there’s something very different about losing a child at 39, rather than an older friend or relative at 89. Most days I think I do pretty well, and am blessed with a wealth of great memories……
With the opening of the college football season, I’ve been thinking about our son Peter even more than usual. Although we both loved all kinds of football—high school, college, and pro—college was easily our favorite. The title of my new book, He Made Us Better: A Story of Faith, Family (and Football) is no fluke. Football was an integral part of our lives. I have a flood of great and precious memories, a few of which are told in…..
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