LPGA Madness

I have never attended the week long annual LPGA event that Wegman's sponsors, but there are a number of people from church who make a yearly event of it, going for the whole week and following along with the excitement. This year was no exception for them, and I heard them discussing plans, arranging who would drive and where to park.

I thought of them briefly as the week ended up very rainy. Several times the news anchor announced delays in the schedule as they had to halt due to the heavy downpours. Even after the rain ceased, fairways would be soggy and uncooperative. But since I was safely tucked indoors, I didn't loose any sleep over it.

Imagine my surprise when two of the ladies who sing in the choir asked if they could come by and bring me something - they sounded very excited on the phone and I wondered what they were up to. Little did I realize that the whole week they had been plotting and scheming to include me in their LPGA adventure in absentia!

Those two thoughtful people had approached the players and asked them to sign a baseball cap for me - and the hat was loaded with signatures legible and otherwise! They proudly produced the hat and I was overwhelmed that everyone had been so willing to stop their busy schedules to sign a hat for me! One player even donated a signed golf ball.

As if that weren't enough, they also gave me a book/program so I could relive the events and connect the names with the faces. Further, they had asked at all the vendor tents and displays for samples for me while they were getting their freebies. Wegman's does a bang up job with samples and promotion. They came loaded with literally bags and bags of goodies, some edible, some medical, some practical and others just plain fun.

It was like Christmas going through everything and hearing about how they came to acquire it and their thoughts about the week - they actually toughed it out in spite of the weather to the very end! What fun we had partying after the event! It was a huge morale booster and after they left, I laughed and cried and went through the program page by page. Even Kiel was thoroughly impressed and got caught up in it when he got home.

I am so touched that they included me - it brings tears to my eyes just thinking about their kindness. How lucky I am to have such marvelous friends. This is one hat I shall wear often and with great joy. THANK YOU!!!