We made the Mother's Day rounds today, stopping in Independence first to take my parents out for lunch, and then Anamosa to do the same with Amy's parents for supper. As we were leaving Independence, my parents took the opportunity to send some more of my old belongings with me, though not nearly as much as we took when we visited for Easter! The spare bedroom must be getting close to empty...
This time, it was just a binder of some old high school papers and other items, and amongst them was one of my most prized possessions, pictured above. A birthday card from February 8th, 1989 that my dad took to Carver Hawkeye Arena in Iowa City, where he got all of the men's basketball players to sign it after a practice, including future Michael Jordan teammate and NBA champion B.J. Armstrong. Legendary coach Dr. Tom Davis also left his mark in the upper right. A priceless gift, and as I told Dad today, it's something that I have understood the value of more as I have aged from that nine-year-old version of me.
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