The Eagles managed to hold on and beat the Rams today for the right to play at home next week in the NFC championship game. It was an ugly win in an occasionally blinding snowstorm, one that came down to the second-to-last play in large part because the Eagles kicker managed to miss not one but two extra points, but any win counts in the playoffs. It will look like a blowout in tomorrow’s papers.
Somewhere my dad is smiling.
My dad was a huge Eagles fan. They were his team the way the Phillies belonged to my grandfather and the Flyers belong to me. Whenever I hear people talking shit about Eagles fans I automatically think less of them, because he was the finest man I ever knew and they’re trying to talk shit about him. This does not fly with me, though today the Eagles did.
My dad would have been 86 today. The world has become a different place in many ways since he died in early 2016, some good and some not, but there are a lot of things have remained constant over that time.
I’m still an Eagles fan, just as he was.
And he is still the finest man I ever knew.
Happy birthday, Dad.
Somewhere my dad is smiling.
My dad was a huge Eagles fan. They were his team the way the Phillies belonged to my grandfather and the Flyers belong to me. Whenever I hear people talking shit about Eagles fans I automatically think less of them, because he was the finest man I ever knew and they’re trying to talk shit about him. This does not fly with me, though today the Eagles did.
My dad would have been 86 today. The world has become a different place in many ways since he died in early 2016, some good and some not, but there are a lot of things have remained constant over that time.
I’m still an Eagles fan, just as he was.
And he is still the finest man I ever knew.
Happy birthday, Dad.
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