A couple of weeks ago, the thought ran through my mind that it would have been nice if I could have been able to take the kids (at least the older ones) to an NFL game while we were here in St. Louis. It was a fleeting thought, because the cost was simply too prohibitive.
Fast forward to this past week. I get the kids on the bus for school and a few minutes later the phone rings and it is the school nurse. My first thought is that one of the kids fell getting off the bus, but then the first words out of her mouth are, "I have good news for you." So I quickly shift gears and think to myself, perhaps they have found Thomas' winter jacket that we haven't been able to locate in recent days. No, it wasn't that either.
As it turns out, my son has been a very, very busy boy. His school was participating in the NFL Play 60 campaign and he has been, completely on his own, keeping diligent track of everything he has been eating and all of the exercise and play he has been doing. And several times a day, he enters this information on a website. His diligence made him the top participant in his entire elementary school. So the nurse informs me of my son's outstanding achievement and says that the school wants to name him their Ambassador for the Play 60 program. This means, among other things, that he receives free tickets to an upcoming game between the Rams and the Cardinals.
So, instead of being able to take my son to an NFL game - he's going to take me and his sister.
So I'm left with concluding that this is an answer to a prayer that I didn't pray, but should have.
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Post-game update:
We had a great time at the game. Both kids got to be on the Jumbo-tron and we walked out with an autographed mini-helmet and an online gift certificate. It's not easy to go to a professional sporting event and leave with more than you end up spending, but somehow that's how it turned out. God is good to my family! Here are some pictures of the event:
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