It was a Thursday, Jan 14th., 2010 when I launched Cardinal Couple along with Sonya. I had left another website that Charlie Springer ran because he told me I needed to do that, he simply couldn't run all the stuff i was providing hm with. So...I talked with two influential UofL Sports administration figures about starting a website about UofL women's sports. They thought it would be a great idea. Now...with Case resigning, (and make sure and check out his beautiful article that was featured yesterday),..it's back to just me writing.
Yes,, a lot has changed since that first day. I am retired now.. I'm undergoing dialysis for kidney failure but my cardiologist says my heart is in great shape. After all the twists and turns I have been through on this site, that is an minor miracle. I guess I'm still trying to make a little sense of it all.
The premise and the theme here still remains the same. The joy and excitement of UofL women's sports. No matter how hard some media Nazis try to belittle me, shut me down or quell what I say, I still can write about that. I've met some wonderful coaches,players,and staffers over the years. And , I've met some real a$$holes and backstabbers. Days of radio (the legendary WCHQ) and days of directing the website from a hospital bed. It hasn't beenboring,that's for sure.
It's kinda like the late Jimmy Buffet lyrics:
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| (Back in the good ol'days...Paige and Daryl) |
"Good times and riches and son-of-a bit&^es...I've seen more than I can recall"
But, they can't take my degree away from me, or the fun I had on campus and the fun I have had watching the athletes in field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball, softball, volleyball and the other women's sports on campus. The incredible athletes met met, some who still stay in touch with me. There has also been the back-stabbers and those determined to see me falter and fail. At this point in my life, I wave those naysayers and distractors away with a dismissive swipe of the hand and stay centered on why I started this site.
The joy and excitement of UofL women's sports.
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| Sonya and I...give it your own caption. |
I will survive. I will get by. And, I will carry on. And I thank Sonya, Jenny, Paige, Mark, Sandy, Jeff, Jared, Daryl and.Case for sharing parts of the journey with me. The wise council I had in the early days from Charlie, Lori, Julie, Tom and Vince. .The coaches I've enjoyed my conversations with...like Jeff, Scott, Justine, Karen, Holly, Sandy, Sam and Pam...just to name a few.
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| Remember Paige? |
Another 16 years ahead of me? I'd like to think so. I'll be 86 then, if I get there, and maybe I'll be too senile to write daily. But, the great musical group of the 60's...the Grass Roots.... wrote a song called "Live For Today" and it give some wise council.
"We were never meant to worry, the way that people do. And I don't need to hurry, as long as I'm with you. "
Because, it's you...the readers that keep me doing what i do. As long as you are still "clicking on and moving your eyeballs" I'll be offering.
paulie
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