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malthaussen

(17,817 posts) Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:30 PM Feb 2018

My mother was a fanatical Eagles fan for over 50 years...

... she dies in June, the Eagles win the Superbowl in February. **sigh**

Well, she's smiling now.

-- Mal

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My mother was a fanatical Eagles fan for over 50 years... (Original Post) malthaussen Feb 2018 OP

She is resting today. Cracklin Charlie Feb 2018 #1

perhaps she even gave them a bit of help? niyad Feb 2018 #2

My late father, the Patriots fan, can sympathize. Jim Lane Feb 2018 #3

What a shame. zanana1 Feb 2018 #4

Cracklin Charlie

(12,904 posts)

1. She is resting today.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 12:38 PM

Feb 2018

She helped them win!

Good job, Mom!

niyad

(121,121 posts)

2. perhaps she even gave them a bit of help?

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 01:31 PM

Feb 2018

Jim Lane

(11,175 posts)

3. My late father, the Patriots fan, can sympathize.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Mon Feb 5, 2018, 08:25 PM

Feb 2018

He died in March 2001. The first Super Bowl he didn't see was the first one the Patriots won (beginning what, under Massachusetts law, must always be referred to as "the Brady-Belichick era&quot .

zanana1

(6,320 posts)

4. What a shame.

Reply to malthaussen (Original post)

Tue Feb 6, 2018, 10:09 AM

Feb 2018

I'm a Patriots fan, but when I found out that the Eagles hadn't won a Super Bowl, it softened the blow for me. I'm so sorry your mom didn't get to see it. I watched the Eagles fans in the streets after the game and it made me smile.
I'm sure you really miss your mom. Time doesn't make the pain go away but it softens the edges.

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