Emma, me, and the Cons!

                                                 Emma and Artist Brian Kong


                                                    

 The end of my Spring vacation is upon me, it's Sunday morning and I am watching "The Day of The Jackal" from the 1960's. I remember reading the book in my younger days and it was fantastic. Not a bad way to spend a lazy  morning.. Yesterday Emma and I spent a wonderful day going to the two different Comicons that were held in Lowell and in Somerville. Emma seemed to enjoy the Lowell Con held at Larry's Comics, We both ended up with some awesome prints and autographed comics. We then went to Comicazi in Somerville and got the Official Boston Comiccon tee shirt and My Little Pony Exclusive comic book. Emma seemed to be in her glory. She has impressed me.
     She was not far from the the bomb blasts that rocked Boston on Patriots Day. Her class was cancelled the next day but was held on Wednesday and Thursday. The last class was cancelled due to the fact of the gun battle with the terrorists in Watertown, I was glued to the television all day Friday and was so happy when I learned that he was captured. This was after they had cancelled Boston Comicon 2013. As soon as Emma heard the Terrorist was captured I got a text "Is Comicon back on?" Sorry to say, no it wasn't. But the determination of the Boston Geek population would not be stopped. Emma did some searching around and found the two previously mentioned Comicons and asked if we could go, "Dad, we can't let the terrorists win, we are from Boston." I nearly cried, I was so proud of her. I don't think that she was greatly affected by her proximity to the blasts. I don't think that I have to worry about her in her life, I know that she is a strong, beautiful, young woman and will do very well in life. Her writing is very important to her and she does it extremely well for a person of her age. Not too many people want to play Scrabble with her because her vocabulary is vast.
     I am looking forward to next weekend, Emma and Luke will be staying with me for the whole weekend. I wonder what kind of adventure we will be going on?

Remember ...... Boston Strong!