Wheel of Fortune
Home just in time for Jeopardy. |
When the granddaughters pop in at this time, they watch
too. We all guess at the answers and
clap and squeal when our selected contestant is winning. I am sure they will always remember their
grandparents watching this and Jeopardy.
They seem as interested as we. It
is a time marker of the day ending and evening beginning. It is a shared activity, and it is a reason
to sit and share our knowledge or lack of.
Son John sometimes comes in about this time and watches and guesses
answers with us. We trained John and Adam to watch Jeopardy with us when
they were young. The boys became quite
competitive at shouting their answers.
Sometimes my mind wanders and wonders what life would be
like without Wheel of Fortune. Would it
be a Wheel of Emotion spinning constantly with the ups and downs of life? I
remember when Den’s dad passed away; we came home and watched Wheel of
Fortune. We were numb but this created
some “normal” for us. Our emotions were suppressed and put on hold while we watched
the familiar game format.
Reading becomes the balancing board as we peer over our
glasses at difficult questions on Jeopardy.
The contestants are not unreasonable individuals or even peculiar. They are citizens, regular people like we see
in the grocery. My mind rests, my body
relaxes, and I acknowledge that evening is here. No wheels of emotion. Simply living life and marking time.
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