So Close...

Super Bowl 43... The first time the Arizona Cardinals made it to the Finals and unfortunately the first time they lost... For about 2 minutes when the score was 23-20 Cardinals Fans everywhere (and I definitely count myself as one of them) held their breath & dared to dream of the unthinkable... Unfortunately we couldn't follow through and the Steelers literally threw themselves into the annals of fame becoming the first team to win 6 Super Bowl victories....

Life is full of tales like this - victory snatched from the jaws of defeat.... almost there stories... so close but no dice... its up to us what we make of our own tales... do we accept whatever cards we're dealt and move on or do we decide to write our own destiny and change fate.... Cardinals fans everywhere will avow over the next few days that Sanantonio Holmes did not have both toes on the ground when he caught that pass... but the fact that he played his heart out going for the catch is still an inspiration...

We all need to look for our inspirations in both the ordinary and extraordinary... For me its in the wag of my dog's tail as she trots on ahead on our walks.... its the movie we saw at work Darius Goes West about a young guy who has Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy.... its in reading a poem from the hubby that's written just for me and its in looking at how far the Cardinals came this post-season...

So close.....I'll be rooting for 44.... Go Red!!