We go to one Eagles game a year. Yesterday was our game of the year.
I follow many of the Eagles players on Twitter. It's fun to keep up with them and get to know their personalities. Last week, I decided, on a whim, to tweet a picture of Timothy in his #69 jersey to Evan Mathis with the following caption, "Any chance that your biggest 11-year-old fan could meet you at the game on Sunday?" I certainly didn't expect a response, and was stunned when he messaged me back, "How can we make it happen?"
Well, it took a couple of days to work it out, but Saturday night, before the game, I got a message from Evan telling me that there would be two pregame sideline passes waiting for us at will call the next morning. He also said to message him when we got there.
Once we got on the field, I sent him a message letting him know we were there, but then we had to find each other. He sent me a message back telling me to meet him by the entrance to the locker room. We headed in that direction, and I did not see him at first. A security guard asked if I needed help, and I told him I was looking for Evan Mathis. He looked at me like, "yeah right." At that moment, Evan walked up, with his hand out to shake mine, and said, "Connie?" I wanted to stick my tongue out at the security guard!!
Evan Mathis was so sweet with Timothy. However, Timothy was so star-struck, he could barely talk. Evan signed a few things for us, posed for a picture, and told Timothy to keep working hard and having fun playing football.
After our visit, we got to stay down on the field for pregame warm ups. It was soo cool to be down there so close to all the action. It was truly an amazing day!!!!!
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