It might take a village to raise a child but during the unrelenting waves of COVID-19 it has taken my family, a village, and the entire Jays roster to help my parents through their final innings
That may sound facile or flippant. It is, however, a prayer of thanks. The irrepressible young Jays teamMy father spent half his life coaching baseball but figured life had benched him when his toughest season began in early 2020 after he was rushed to hospital with a broken hip. Luckily, my sister and I were allowed to stay overnight at my parents’ assisted-living apartment during those early days of COVID to help our mother, who has dementia. Like so many, she couldn’t manage alone.
As I watched those TV games with my mother, I realized what I loved is the ridiculousness of the sport: the superstitions, the eccentricities, the joy. I couldn’t wait for the next road trip.Instead, in spring 2020 Major League Baseball’s spring training was abruptly cancelled and we broke my father out of the hospital days before the facility locked down.
As the Jays got hot last summer, my forgetful mother began to recognize players Vladimir Guerrero Jr., Bo Bichette and the crew on sight. She loved their heavy-hitting talent – but it was their boundless joy that kept her coming back. It would be the last season of ball for my father who was just too worn out to wait for another spring. I have the ball cap I bought him last season beside me as I write. I wore it on the Jays’ opening day in April.
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