A family name is a source of pride, no question. Families have creeds, crests, traditions, etc. Anything to basically describe who they are. Since the Seagull by name isn't known as something fierce in the animal kingdom, my family has always affectionately referred to ourselves as something else. MARS- Mark. Abbey. Riky. Sandee. (a family tradition if you will. For example- if you took the first letter of my mom and her siblings, you would get- SPERM. Sandee. Paul. Earl. Ralph. Miriam. An obvious one for 5 kids but I'm not here to judge).
It occurred to me today that maybe we've had it all wrong this whole time. Given our current state of events, (and I can't believe this didn't occur to us before) I decided that we're switching from MARS to RAMS.
A mascot if you will for our plan of attack. A ram technically is a male sheep, but a male ram is a Buck (which sounds better, lets be honest.) The ram is associated with the gods Zeus and Apollo because of its power, fearlessness, force, drive and ability to protect. The ram or Aries is also a fire sign. It was the first sign of the zodiac for it's over abundance of courage. It is the sign of the warrior and it is my dad.
My dad can't do this alone. Since a group of rams are a flock, that's what we are going to be. We are the flock that's going to kick cancers ass and take no prisoners. Together, we can get through this.
3 comments:
Well thought out and well written!
It's gonna take a team to get through this. Riky your like Dick Vermeil, the coach of the St. Louis Rams from 10 years ago. He took a rag tag QB and nobody thought they had a chance and they ended up winning the Super Bowl. It just takes perseverance and fortitude to beat this. You guys can do it.
I love you
This is great. Very proud of you and your insight. And in truth, you have "sheep" all around you, near, far, blood related and non, who are happy to join the flock should you need a few more members to count on :-)
"All things are easier in togetherness."
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