Other Than That He’s a Great Guy

My niece Carrie’s boyfriend is a great guy. Al’s been a brick through Carrie’s recent medical situation. My Mom has an expression: “Just pull the shade!” It means try to block out something which is upsetting or unpleasant. For the first few years that Carrie and Al were together, I raised pulling the shade to an art form. You see Al is a New York Yankee’s fan. Maybe because he is such a nice fellow and has such excellent taste in women, I just couldn’t believe that he could be a fan of Major League Baseball’s Evil Empire! So for the longest time I simply blocked it out and spoke to him about baseball as if he were part of Red Sox Nation!

Well, I’ve finally come to accept it. Partly because Al comes by his New York loyalty by way of his late father, who was a total Yankee’s fan. I have to respect a father son thing like that. But Al also just won us over by being a prince to Carrie. And if Carrie can sit beside him and watch the Boston Red Sox play against the New York Yankees and still love the guy, well, so be it.

Today, when I called to see how Carrie was, I even went so far as to congratulate Al on the Yankees success against Boston last night. It’s O.K. Nobody is going to pull my Red Sox Nation Card. We’ve won four out of the five times we’ve played them this season and what the heck, the Yankees are in last place. Besides, Al really is a great guy!

Carrie is feeling better and stronger every single day. She will even be going back to work this week. But her colleagues have sworn to keep an eye on her and her workload, so she doesn’t overdo it. We remain so thankful that she has no residual impairment from the neurological incident and that her heart has been behaving normally! Thank you all for your caring, cheering and support. Carrie, Al and all of Team Carrie rock!

:: Go Red Sox!