FIVE YEARS AGO: April 19, 1994

Pittsburgh and New Jersey each win 2-1, evening their respective series against Washington and Buffalo at a game apiece.

Now for Wayne. It's great reading everyone's thoughts, mostly because he deserves every accolade, but partly because it's nice to know I'm not the only one who's been teary-eyed all week... I don't think I can put into words all that I felt today -- one last yelp of happiness when Leetch scored (was this _his_ last game in r, w+b?), the tears of his kids, he and the Captain hugging again, his own tears at the end. Seeing him share this, as he did everything, with his family.

Since it's pretty long, I didn't want to blow out the list and post it, but my own Gretzky tribute, which took three long days to drag out of me: The Gretzky Tribute.

To the great lyrics Lynne posted (Doncha love how Green Day's big mainstream break came from a song entitled "Good Riddance" that gets played at celebrations :-) ), I'll add this from Simon and Garfunkel's "Bookends Theme":

"Time it was, and what a time it was, it was
A time of innocence, a time of confidences
Long ago, it must be -- I have a photograph
Preserve your memories; they're all that's left you."

Mike Fornabaio -- mef17@oocities.com

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