My nine year old boy had a tough time being a Flames fan at school. Most of his little buddies who were supposed Flames fans switched jerseys to the dreaded orange after the Flames got bounced. I live in Red Deer and it was thick up here. He struck true to wearing his Flames t-shirts at least weekly and took the brunt and the crap talking that 9 year old boys go on with (lots of McDavid droids out there). I was proud of him carrying the torch. I worked late last night and went to go talk to him in bed. He was watching the Jays game. I said "why aren't you watching the hockey game?". He said with disgust "I would rather watch baseball". I could see he was stressed that the Oilers might move on. I phoned him this morning and without any prompting the first thing he said was "I am glad it's over and I can't wait to get to school!!" He was jubilant.
A small tear formed in my eye...GFG!
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