Nostalgia

I'd posted once about the way we taught the boys the meaning of Easter by hiding 'gifts' (passes) in their plastic eggs. Charlie would have all of his used by the end of the week, Casey would save his until he needed them.

Yesterday I asked Casey to give his room a good cleaning, as he's about to trade rooms with Charlie in a few weeks before he leaves for college. He brought these down.





















I guess since he's turned 18 and is soon to be on his own, he doesn't see much of a use for these anymore. There are a few years of passes here. It's actually a little sad for me.

A little later in the day, I asked Casey why his hat was on the kitchen counter, and he tells me to look inside his hat. At first, I don't see anything, then he tells me to look in the rim. A 'coin' is in the rim, covered in two sided tape. I honestly don't recognize it at first, but it does look a tad familiar. I asked him what it was and he told me to read it. On one side it's a football player.

On the other side it says; With God, All Things Are Possible.

He said that I'd given him two of these a long time ago, one with the football player and another with a basketball player, which he still keeps upstairs. The one above he has covered in two sided tape and keeps it in the back rim of the cap he wears.

One special kid.

Oh, and then he handed me a pass for a foot rub. Wonder if he'd take a mercy pass from me? LOL, nah, I'll rub those size 14 feet with joy tonight.