The joy of the Philadelphia Eagles winning the Super Bowl.
It is hard to explain it to a casual fan or someone that hasnÂ’t lived through the years of not winning. Most years you have a hope. Some years there is no hope. Those special years that you think this is the year and then to see them lose itÂ…year after year. The thoughts of next year is our year. It just sucks. These past few days all these thoughts have run through my head and now finallyÂ…we are the champions! Never again will I have to hear that we never won the Super Bowl.
I tried to explain this to my daughter. She is 12. She didnÂ’t get it at first but now she does since I explained it to her while we waited for the parade to start. She loves Christmas and gets so excited for it to come. Weeks before she is bouncing around the house. She told me I was acting like her on Super Bowl Sunday before the game. I was. I couldnÂ’t sit still. I had that nervous energy. So, getting back to my story. Imagine every Christmas you had no idea if Santa would come. You heard stories of Santa leaving lots of presents for kids in other cities but you have never experienced it yet. Every year you would hope that he would come. Every year you would have that nervous energy that excitement that you have leading up to Christmas day. You go to bed and wake up and pray that he came. You run down steps and turn the corner and nothing. He didnÂ’t come, again. You would feel total disappointment. What is worse though is that you saw that he came to the kids from NYC and to Dallas or those New England kids. You hear those kids laughing at you since Santa has never been to your house. Even some of these kids have experienced Santa on Christmas more than once. You have never felt that feeling of having presents to open Christmas morning.
Imagine after 57 years of him never coming he finally comes. Image how you would feel when you turned the corner and you see all the presents under the Christmas tree for you. All those years of disappointment wiped away. Never again will you hear those chants of you never winning. You are finally Super Bowl Champs! That what it means to me and I got to celebrate it yesterday with my family. What a week this has been and one that I will never forget.
