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| A little fuzzy, but you can see the G for Georgia. |
U is for UGA
I grew up in a small town where everyone knew you or knew of you. There was only one school I wanted to attend after high school — the University of Georgia. The fact more students were enrolled there than lived in my hometown appealed to me. I wanted to be a number and a journalism student.
Many know the University of Georgia for its athletic programs, especially the Georgia Bulldogs football team. I attended one game when I was a student there. With a press pass, I did my best to shoot the game from the sidelines and not become part of a tackle.
Years later, I look for the football logo even though I don’t watch the games or follow scores. Recently, I saw a man in the grocery store wearing a Georgia shirt and spoke to him. He was from Alabama, but wore a red and black Dawg shirt.
I’ve never been afraid to speak to someone wearing a University of Georgia logo. I stopped a man in a restaurant in Victoria Falls, who wore a red, Bulldog jacket. In Texas, a family I met in a Home Depot lived next to one of the students I tutored every week.
Some people don’t like being a number, but through the years I’ve found it’s a small world when you are part of a large pool of students.
Susanna Leonard Hill
That’s a good point. And Enzo is so cute! 🙂
Stacy S. Jensen
Susanna, I think he’s cute 🙂
Karen S. Elliott
Enzo is such a cutie pie. I see a lot of people wearing college Ts or sweatshirts, being in a small town with one local collage. But it’s cool to see colleges or home team shirts (from DE or PA). I always approach those people, too! Go Bulldogs!
Stacy S. Jensen
Karen, Funny how we do that. When I wear something with a team logo, I sometimes get stopped too.
Linda at teacherdance
Had to stop & say he (Enzo) is such a darling boy. And your post made me think of how many times when I see my university logo I do stop & say ‘hey, I’m an alum too’. We always have that connection. Thanks Stacey for the thought.
Stacy S. Jensen
Yes Linda, It’s a fun connection.
Debbie Maxwell Allen
I wanted to go to a big university and be a number, too, but I ended up at a very small school. I think it worked out well for me, especially having grown up in NYC, where you feel like a number most of the time!
~Debbie
Stacy S. Jensen
Debbie, I can see how we wanted to do the opposite in our next phase of life.
Robyn Campbell
Enzo is sooo darling. I love him. I wanna kiss him! (He has that kissable face, yanno?) The guy really pleased you and you did him. I love to see someone wearing a Dolphin shirt.:-) xoxo
Stacy S. Jensen
Robyn, I know it’s very kissable. He’s losing the baby fat, but keeping the chubby cheeks for now.
catherinemjohnson.wordpress.com
It is a small world and how cute is Enzo!
Stacy S. Jensen
Catherine, Yes. Very small.
Beverly Diehl
Enzo looks so cute in that T-shirt (but then, he’d look cute in anything).
Kind of nice to have those kinds of ties, home away from home.
Susanne Drazic
Hi Stacy! Enzo is such a cutie. : )