#85

I was dropping my kids off at day care around 8:00 this morning and the experience left me feeling a different connection to the victims of the terror attacks six years before. I related to these people before as peers, as fellow New Yorkers. Six years later I am a parent of two children, and I relate to these people now as parents. I ascribe to them the same feelings that I now have as a parent. As someone who never personally knew any of the victims, it adds a lot more reality to the emptiness that these past six years must have been for tens of thousands of people. A shared humanity means that we all appreciate these things, but nothing like having children can so profoundly affect your point of view, especially with things that deal with safety, security, and well being.

On a similar theme, I have been looking for updates on Kevin Everett continually since Sunday. It sounds like tonight there is even more reason to be hopeful. I remember when Mike Utley and Dennis Byrd were hurt and I was certainly concerned for them. With Everett being a Bill though, I feel like we really need to “be there” for him, as vague as that may sound. He went out there and played for us and he is our guy. It makes me think of Joe Ferguson battling cancer and the outpouring of support he received from Bills fans. I really believe in these things. I am praying for a miracle and I am hoping that the Buffalo community is counted here.