Who wouldv’e thought it! The Bruins won the Stanley Cup and today in Boston, huge Celebration!
We watched game seven with some of our North Carolina family, which was, for us, as important as the game! It was hard to see the sadness on the faces of the Canucks as the Bruins were elatedly, one by one, hoisting the Stanley cup aloft in a victory demonstration in Vancouver. What joy! And, on the other side, what pain!
One of our granddaughters, when she was young refused to play games that had winners and losers. I saw her point. It’s hard to lose. I remember one of my father’s friends who would upset the card table whenever he lost a night of bridge. He was once known to upset the table when his wife and partner made a move he considered stupid. Maybe the same emotions were triggered in Vancouver after the Bruin’s win.
I am reminded by my son that in sports, winning and losing is the way it goes. Everybody lives with it and expects it.
The day after the game I was talking with a friend about some particularly difficult life decisions she is having to make. That put the Bruins win in its place in her life. Sports are sports and life is life. (Unless of course you play professionally in which case sport and life meet in a big way.)
Sports for spectators is play ,though, admittedly some take it more seriously than others. Sports provide an escape for those who love them. They provide an occasion for bonding. Sports brings strange combination of people together in common cause. Fans. I love it. But I won’t be taking losing or winning too seriously. Oh-oh, does that disrupt fan unity? Way to go Bruins! Thank You!