My First Reveal Party and the Final Four

I’m sitting here thinking of my hero Dan Jenkins and how he would tie his first reveal party and the Auburn Tigers first ever trip to the Final Four into the same story. I’m not sure how Dan would have done this, but know this for certain I’ll be giving it my best effort as tomorrow surely will be one of the more meaningful days in my life.

I’ve been told I’m going to be a grandfather somewhere around October 1-which is great because I’m a Libra and this way I’ll never forget my grandchild’s birthday.

I have to admit I’m fairly jacked about the thought of being a grandparent and I think I’ll be pretty good at it having observed my father and mother do it at a very high level for many years. I don’t really care if it’s boy or a girl. Obviously, if it’s boy I’d like for him to be the next Nolan Arenado and go on to become the best third baseman in major league history. If it’s a girl I’d like her to be able to play the piano and sing like Lady Gaga.

But most of all I want my grandchild to be a good person who has empathy and compassion for others. A person who understands the Golden Rule and lives it 24/7 during the course of his/her life. That’s it pretty much.

If it’s a boy they’re naming him Robert after my father and my mother will tell all of us this is like the ending in The Art of Driving in the Rain by Garth Stein where my father is coming back as my grandson. I’ll smile, not dismiss it, and think maybe she’s right.

If it’s a girl it will soften me. My major regret in life is that I never had a daughter. Although my daughter-in-law is exactly the woman I would have raised. I have an awesome daughter-in-law–I do.

As far as Auburn…sometimes it’s just destiny in these NCAA Tournaments. Destiny takes hold and makes sure the right thing happens. And even if Auburn doesn’t do it the Texas Tech story is right there in my heart as well with Sean Sutton trying to help Chris Beard to win the school’s first ever national championship in hoops or football.

As far as the Thunder with four games remaining…Dan Jenkins would eviscerate them. He’d have his readers doubled over in laughter at the thought a team with the league’s second highest payroll sweating out the thought of ending up as the No. 8 seed and being blown away by the team who ended their championship aspirations back in the Hamptons on July 4th, 2016. Sometimes there is humor in horror—it just depends on your sense of humor.

My gut tells me it’s going to be a girl. I think I’ll run a Lady Gaga video.