More than a decade ago, I was known in my neighborhood as the local resident Seattle Seahawks expert. I was running a small, family-owned grocery store at the time, and I made the rule that the Seahawks games HAD to be on (none of the other employees cared about football, but this was the one time in my life I shamelessly power-tripped my staff). Sure, I watched a ton of hockey and basketball there too, but people came to talk to me to ask for Seahawks updates, or just to know what was going on with the roster or even to simply bemoan a recent loss or coaching decision. Time flies. And it feels like it gets faster every day… which is partially why I am somewhat surprised myself to be even writing this.
Earlier this month, I made the excruciatingly difficult decision to leave the Field Gulls writing staff. While my rationale for doing so is definitely positive (new job and a new career in a new-ish field), it still hurts. In a lot of ways, this gig was a dream come true. In fact, let me rephrase that: this job has been a dream come true, period. I have been reading Field Gulls for well over a decade, and it seemed like an impossibility that I would actually have a Fan Post featured on the front page, let alone articles published under my very own byline.
Yes, my time on the Field Gulls writing staff is coming to a close, but before I go, I want to leave you all with some thoughts. Meaningful ones. As well as meaningless ones. And even a few that are somewhere in the middle. So let’s start with…..