Day 4215: Tape and Trip.

 

      

"Nowhere to Hide": junk mail collage.

  

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A teary farewell with tape

NFL fans and Swifties alike watched teary-eyed as longtime Philadelphia Eagles center Jason Kelce announced his retirement from professional football this week. And though he wasn't taking the field, he made sure his trainer was there to tape his hands and ankles (typically to protect them from hard hits during games) before his farewell press conference. The tape was superficial, but it signified the end of one of the most meaningful working relationships of Kelce's career. Eagles trainer Joe O'Pella has exercised, rehabbed, and bonded with Kelce over 13 years, spending countless nights on each other's couches and watching each other build families. Due to a strict chemotherapy regimen to combat cancer, though, O'Pella couldn't make it to Kelce's last regular season game against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. So Kelce asked O'Pella to share in his final moments as an Eagle, taping up his extremities for one of the most emotional moments in his career. All season long, Kelce supported O'Pella after the trainer received his cancer diagnosis — offering his vacation home for getaways, sending meals when O'Pella's family was too exhausted to cook, and checking in on O'Pella after long rounds of chemo. The pair were more like brothers than colleagues, O'Pella said: "That’s who he is as a person.” O'Pella plans to stand by Kelce's side even in retirement, even if there's no need for tape.

 

Read the whole story here.

 

 A trip!

 

Superman and Wonder Woman flew to NYC and on to NJ to meet their good friends on Saturday morning. Their friend and WW both have birthdays so the four are flying eight hours Sunday celebrating.

I may have some photos to share as they travel?

 

 

 

 

  

 

A 4+ minute video, Leech, here

 

 

 

 

  

Just because ...

 

 

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