Such a Sad Day

A while ago I Blogged about our 'week of lasts.' Well we started our last week and will be ending our last week with two of our biggest passions, prison and football. Angela and I love football and have been ticket holders of the BC Lions since before we got married. This past Sunday, June 20, we went to our last Lions game complements of Paul Jelinski, which just so happened to be the Lions first game at Empire Stadium. Amazing way to experience a last football game, even thought the Lions lost to the Edmonton Eskimos, the seats and atmosphere was out standing. We were so close to the field that I could spit on the players from my seat with out effort, no exaggeration. My head was no more than 10 feet above the field, it was like we were standing with the players on the side lines; We could here the conversations they were having with each other, the instructions from the coaches, and the orders being called out on the field from the QB. I so am going to miss that experience, a football game will never be the same again. That was the start of our last week, we will finish it with our last visit to the prison where we volunteer. That I know we will miss the most. We cherish each and every visit we make and always look forward to the next one. This last visit will be all that more heart wrenching as we got permission to bring Juliana in so the guys will get a chance to meet her. Unfortunately we won't be able to get a picture with her and the guys but she'll get to meet the guys that we visit with and they will get to meet her. The power and impact that a young innocent life has on the guys in prison is very moving and peaceful. For some of them it will be the first and only time they get to see a baby. An experience that they will cherish for the rest of their lives. It will be sad leaving it all but we will ultimately be rewarded for moving forward with our lives.