Rant #3,539: More Than I Can Say

Today begins an interesting couple of days for myself and my family.

Later tonight, my son continues his basketball program. 

There are about 40 participants in this program--all with special needs, and that doesn't even count the program prior to the one my son is in, which features much younger special needs kids, probably 30 or 40 of them, too.

This is something my son really enjoys, and it leads into what he us doing on Saturday morning--

His bowling season begins.

This season is going to be a little bit different than other seasons, as they have moved up the start time to 11 a.m. from where it has traditionally started, at 1 p.m.

This league grows each and every year. I think last year, there were 14 teams made up of around 50 or so special needs bowlers.

Like with basketball, there is another group of bowlers who bowl separately as part of this program.

Although the starting time is different, it will still be an extremely competitive season, and it is another activity that my son really looks forward to.

And in both basketball and bowling, there are some exceptional athletes in both programs.

Basketball and bowling are two nice things to look forward to, but Sunday is something else altogether.

On Sunday, we will put my mother to her eternal rest, as we have her unveiling.

It will feature a short ceremony honoring her legacy, and there will be a handful.of friends and family who will attend.

The stone is a nice one, and the verbiage on it is not that much different than what is on my father's stone.

They were excellent parents to my sister and I, and terrific grandparents to their five grandkids.

Like my dad, my mother lived a full life, packing a lot into her 92 years on this earth.

The unveiling will serve as the culmination of that life, and while it is something that I am not looking forward to, it is something that needs to be done.

So all told, it is going to be an up-and-down weekend for my family and I.

There really isn't any more to say about it.

Have a nice weekend, and I will speak to you again on Monday.