Tradition is a very BIG DEAL where I come from. HUGE deal, really. Tradition is the reason for almost everything around here. The saying is if you do it more than once, it's a tradition.
My family has traditions too. One of them is that we watch the Major League All Star Home Run Contest together every year. Well, every year but this one. For some reason, it sneaked up on us. We missed it. And, I am very sad about this. I know it's silly, but I feel like I really blew it. I mean, it's not like there was anybody in it this year that we care anything about. But still . . .
My kids are getting older, 20 and 16, and I know I won't have them around for these silly little rituals for that much longer. I guess, that's what I am really mourning. Not the home run contest, but the opportunity for all four of us to be in the same room focused on the same thing and enjoying spending the time together.
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