Sunday was a wild swing of a day, with a fighting spirit in two very different settings, on two distinct parts of the globe.
In the late morning, Liz and I drove over to see my grandmother, who lives nearby in Flushing, Queens. She is 87, and took a strange fall this weekend. Simply trying to get out of bed in the middle of the night, she slipped and fell, landing square on her face. She now has a black eye, but worse, she broke her left shoulder, but such that there is no cast and won’t neSunday was a wild swing of a day, with a fighting spirit in two very different settings, on two distinct parts of the globe.
In the late morning, Liz and I drove over to see my grandmother, who lives nearby in Flushing, Queens. She is 87, and took a strange fall this weekend. Simply trying to get out of bed in the middle of the night, she slipped and fell, landing square on her face. She now has a black eye, but worse, she broke her left shoulder, but such that there is no cast and won’t need surgery. She’s in a sling, and the doctor’s say it will be about two months to recover. She virtually no ability to move her left arm, so she needs help doing everything.
Now, my grandmother is a tough cookie. She’s got more fight in her at 87 than most people have at half her age, but it’s tough to see her like that, and I’m sure no picnic for her. So Liz and I went over for a visit. My mom stayed with her all weekend, and my sister came by, too.
And when Liz and I came home we settled in to watch the most rousing, exhalarating tennis match I’ve ever seen. Federer/Nadal at Wimbleton 2008 was one for the ages. I’m not a huge tennis fan overall, although I do like it, but this match was so good, to intense, so thrilling, I’ll never forget it. Nadal wins the first two sets, Federer the next two. Two rain delays. Tie breakers. And then Nadal winning his first Wimbleton ever, beating Federer, who had won five in a row. Amazing.
So the day went from one extreme to the other–from my grandmother in a wheelchair to some of the greatest athletes on Earth in fierce competition–yet fighters were on both ends of the day.
