Our Olympic Wall 2008 or Michael Phelps tribute
I don't think I am alone in my recent obsession of the Olympics. Everyone I know has been watching them almost non-stop. Everyone has their favorite Olympic sport. Mine is swimming. And Michael Phelps.
I need to be clear. I liked Olympic swimming way before Michael Phelps entered the scene. I can still remember watching the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta. And the special Olympic pins we bought. I remember wishing that I could swim that fast.
Which brings me to my Olympic wall of 2008. Emily and I decided that we would put on our closet door, all the moments of Olympic greatness. Well, after about a week, it was clear that it was only going to have pictures of Michael Phelps. For some reason we have never taken it down. It was still hanging there when I came home from my mission. It was just waiting for another run of glory in 2012. And it happened.
I love you Summer Olympics.
So, this is farewell my dear London Olympics of 2012. I will miss watching your swimming golden boy race. Maybe you will still be hanging on my closet in 2016.
Also....my obsession went as far as this. In 2010, I bought a Michael Phelps calender for 25 cents at Hallmark. I still haven't quite decided what to do with it, but my family teases me endlessly.
