The day is is January 31, 2018, I arrive with my family to the Philadelphia International airport where we boarded our flight to Minnesota. We were greeted by the eagles drum-line before we boarded the plane. The flight takes off and we begin our accent with a plane full of Eagles fans. We touched down in Minnesota and I was not expecting it to be as cold as it was. I came prepared with my Eagles winter jacket and we hurried into the car and headed to our Air B&B.
The next morning all of my cousins and their friends and my family went to the NFL Experience, where you can put your skills to the test with different games and challenges. While we were at the the NFL Experience we were approached by and NFL employee and he said, ” we have a special Q&A tomorrow morning for the Walter Payton Man of the Year award is anyone interested in going ?”. Of course I said yes and my brother came along to.
We get to the spot where the Q&A is and we walked into a small room with about 25 chairs and a little stage. We took our seats and then out came JJ Watt, Gregg Olsen, and Roger Goodell. I was in shock when I saw them and after the Q&A was over I got to take a picture with them.
Finally the day I had been waiting for, February 4, 2018. We left the house early in the morning all dressed up in eagles gear from head to toe and we arrived to the stadium a few hours early just so we wouldn’t miss anything. We walked around the inside of the stadium for a while just listening to the people chanting the Eagles fight song. Now it was time to go to our seats and get ready for the game.
My brother and I sat in the lower bowl, while my Mom Dad and sister sat in another section. I had butterflies the whole game watching each team throw punches back and fourth.
The moment that changed everything… 4 and 1 on the goal line, Nick Foles called one of the greatest plays in superbowl history ” Philly Special” and the rest was history…
The Celebrations began as soon as the ball hit the ground, I was hugging random people jumping and screaming till I lost my voice. I even lost my phone for a while because it flew out of my hands when they won, but who cares about a phone when your favorite team won their first Super Bowl and you were there to witness it.
What really changed my life about this experience was seeing a father and his son in-front of me crying after the Eagles won. The reason seeing that changed me was because some people wait their whole life to see something special and to be there with your family and witness something like that makes you appreciate every special moment with your family.
