Feisty Italian Red Sox Fan
My grandmother was a life long Red Sox fan and she always watched the games. She use to get upset when there wasn’t a game on.
For game 6 I made the comment to someone that there was now a feisty Italian fan rooting from heaven. Then last night as I sat alone in the house watching the Red Sox first mess up and then win the game Grammy was certainly on my mind. I laughed myself to tears when they blew an easy pop up and thought to myself how she would have been yelling at idiot on the field if she was watching it.
I like to think along the lines of the Native Americans in that the spirit hangs around for seven days after passing. That has always made me smile and thus thinking about her rooting on the Red Sox as they won certainly made me smile. It made for a mix of emotions last night as they won and she was certainly on my mind.
The funeral is Wednesday morning and Game 1 of the World Series is that night. In some twisted way that almost seems right. She wouldn’t have wanted to keep her family from watching the game because I know she wouldn’t have wanted to miss it.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:16 am |
From the Buddhist perspective, she’ll be back shortly after a brief intermission - and probably born into a Red Sox family
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:31 am |
C.C.
I’m glad for the Sox win for you and your fam. Sorry for your loss…
If for no other reason (and trust me, there aren’t any
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:32 am |
I’m glad that you are able to celebrate her life, bruh. Zelpha (my grandmother) was a heavy Dodgers and Braves fan (and she would consistently lose her mind on who to cheer for when those teams played each other!) The way she watched baseball (and the way it sounds like yours did), i’d say they truly lived “interactive TV”! I love remembering the lives of those that came before us, and they way they actually loved things — so much of that is lost on us right now, it’s always good to take a page from those that have gone home. Good on you, bruh.
October 22nd, 2007 at 8:35 am |
Wow, CC. Will be thinking about your grandmother during the games this week. Those kinds of meaningful coincidences really do send a message.
October 22nd, 2007 at 9:29 am |
From an Italian perspective (based on the family I married into) she’s in the kitchen and what she’s cooking up is TRULY heaven!
Very sorry for your loss. Always remember “the souls of the just are in the hands of God and no torment shall touch them”
Best to you and your family,
- Peter
October 22nd, 2007 at 12:46 pm |
My grandma was in the hospital during the entire 2004 playoff run. We (her most especially) used to joke for years and years about how all she wanted was to live long enough to see either her first great-grandchild, or the Sox win the World Series.
During those few weeks, one morning, my aunt went to see her and told her that the Red Sox had won. Grandma was out of it at the time, and my aunt wasn’t sure if she’d gotten the message. Until about an hour later, when Grandma sat upright in bed and yelled, “The Red Sox won!”
A couple of months later, my brother and his wife found out that there was going to be a great-grandchild coming along after all.
I’m sorry for your loss, but it sounds like my Grandma may have a new best friend in the “feisty Italian Sox fan” section upstairs.
October 22nd, 2007 at 4:51 pm |
Wow CC, your post and then Clarence’s comment made me think about my own grandma, and her sister my aunt Bea, one a life long Dodgers fan to my Uncle Abe being the borough president of Brooklyn, the other being a life long giants fan, those 2 ladies lived and loved baseball,like nobody’s business! I’d like to think that somewhere there’s a living room where my grandma and aunt and your grandma and Clarence grandmother are all sitting watching the games and rooting for there faveorite teams.
I’d even go so far as to bet your grandmother was looking down cheering her team on to victory and maybe even helping them win.
October 23rd, 2007 at 4:34 pm |
C.C.,
Just wanted you to know you’re in my thoughts today. My grandmother and I were extremely close and I miss her a bit every day since her passing 6 years ago. The memories make me laugh and I’m so happy for the time I had with her. She was also my last grandparent and it certainly felt strange to adjust to that. About 2 years after her passing I started to volunteer with a senior services group in my area and now every week I spend time with an old lady friend. It means the world to me and to her to have this connection. Enjoy your memories, they really are priceless.
October 25th, 2007 at 6:43 pm |
CC, You rock. You and your Grammy were lucky to have each other. Thanks for sharing her with us. Hugs, LJ