His niece Erin spoke. She said "One day Uncle Danny took me to practice and next thing I knew, the next day, he was helping to run the practice, in the dugout with us. He and Coach Wayne bonded in the parking lot or something." That was ten years ago and he never faltered. The girls spoke highly of him "He was always on our side even when Coach Wayne got on us."
When talking with some of the other coaches, they said "Well, it's making us other big young guys definitely nervous."
Angel and Wayne, who run the LadyHawks organization made a special effort to include Danny's family and also Danny's bowling friends. There was sobbing, especially at the end of the video with pictures and music. They did a great job; I sent them some pictures last night.
And the location. I think it was ex-coach Allison's parent's house. They had a huge outdoor entertainment area. Who would think on a windy rainy day, you could have an event with over 100 people attending ... outside? There were some other enclosures that went up but they had a huge covered area with complete kitchen, fireplace, tv screen, heaters, the works! What a place.
They had everybody park in the pasture area behind the house and there was entertainment as many cars sunk in the mud. We left reasonably early, I suggested that we go now while there were still enough people to push us.
And the lanterns at the end, seemed so fitting.
Yes, yesterday was my 62nd birthday, now eligible for social security. We went for burritos. Naomi made a cake. Tonight we are going to have a joint dinner out with my daughter in law Jessica who's birthday is just a week before mine. I think this will be the first in a series!
Picture above the fireplace in the outdoor entertainment area.
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