Writing About the Oakland Raiders Helps Us Survive

Sometimes B/R writers get tired. In our emails, we share our challenges, sometimes, sitting up late at night, tapping and typing on the computer. A story forms on the screen. In the wee hours we edit, re-edit, and then watch for the editorial comments of others. Somehow the entire process is uplifting, and even healing. Former memories and wounds are re-opened, and medicated with creative outpourings of colorful language. My love for the NFL, especially the Oakland Raiders, is what got me into this cycle of writing, re-writing, and publishing. I can't get enough of it. It "makes my day" as one great actor said in a old movie. The most powerful part of this writing journey is that the output, the articles are often shared with others. Others read, they cry, they react, and then, too, begin to write. An older woman entered my class. She loved brown, bronze and orange tones. She would read my essays and articles on NFL players, especially the seniors. One day she tol...