Several months ago, I texted my friend group of high school teammates alerting Todd, the one who lives in South Florida, that I would be in Fort Lauderdale the first week of February with my Mom and Sister, celebrating Mom’s 91st birthday, and invited him to come visit. He replied, “Is she making cutlets?” I responded, “She is if you’re coming.” That led to Dave, from Virginia, chiming in, “I want cutlets.” Soon after, in North Carolina, Sean replied “I’m in.”
Four decades and over a thousand miles from the last time and place Mom made us cutlets, we gathered to celebrate her birthday, and our lifelong friendships forged in a crowded locker room and dusty practice field at Toms River High School North in 1979.
Tall tales will be told and forty years will seemingly disappear. There’s just something magic about the bonds formed around the game of football. We depended on each other then (both on and off the field), and have been blessed to continue depending on, and celebrating one another ever since!
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