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I’m S

ean

Co

nn

ery

For y

ears

, my

wife

Adr

ienn

e ur

ged

me

to te

ll th

is st

ory,

and

I’m g

lad

she

did.

Ri

ght n

ow, i

t’s m

y pe

rson

al fa

vorit

e an

d a

grea

t cro

wd

plea

ser.

I nev

er k

new

ther

e w

ere

so m

any

Sean

Con

nery

fans

. I u

sed

to h

ang

mov

ie p

oste

rs o

n th

e w

alls

of th

e hi

gh sc

hool

cla

ssro

om w

here

I ta

ught

. Eve

ry y

ear I

’d ch

ange

them

, ex

cept

for t

he o

ne o

f Sea

n Co

nner

y. W

hene

ver I

look

ed u

p, th

ere

he w

as.

Tru

ffl e

s by

Adr

ienn

e Li

eber

man

This

piec

e w

as A

drie

nne’s

deb

ut a

s a

writ

er a

t the

Nat

iona

l Sto

ryte

lling

Fest

ival.

The

laugh

ter w

hen

I tel

l it s

igna

ls th

at w

e ar

en’t

alone

in o

ur n

euro

ses.

I esp

ecial

ly lik

ed th

at sh

e po

ked

even

mor

e fu

n at

her

self

than

she

did

at m

e. F

or th

is fi r

st te

lling,

I sn

eake

d a

bouq

uet o

nto

the

stag

e an

d pr

esen

ted

the

fl owe

rs to

he

r afte

r the

stor

y. Th

at e

xplai

ns th

e ex

tend

ed a

pplau

se a

nd m

y co

mm

ent

afte

r the

stor

y en

ds.

Som

e En

chan

ted

Wed

nes

day

Th

is is

one

stor

y I w

ish I

coul

d st

op te

lling,

but

for t

hat t

o ha

ppen

the

Cubs

w

ould

hav

e to

win

the

penn

ant.

This

mira

cle a

ppea

red

on th

e ho

rizon

in 2

003.

W

e w

ere

just

fi ve

out

s aw

ay w

hen

disa

ster

stru

ck. S

till,

hope

sprin

gs e

tern

al.

Afte

r I b

egan

to p

erfo

rm th

is st

ory,

I loc

ated

its h

ero

Geo

rge

Crow

e. I

felt

elev

en

year

s old

aga

in, t

ellin

g hi

m h

ow h

e ha

d cr

eate

d a

lifet

ime

mem

ory

for m

e.

The

Engl

ewo

od

Gam

eTh

is ch

ampi

onsh

ip fo

otba

ll ga

me

was

on

e of

the

mos

t im

porta

nt e

vent

s in

my

life.

In fa

ct, m

y w

hole

car

eer a

s a h

igh

scho

ol p

laye

r hel

ped

shap

ed m

e, a

nd

I can

stil

l viv

idly

rem

embe

r pla

ys fr

om

gam

es I

play

ed m

ore

than

fort

y ye

ars

ago.

I re

cent

ly to

ld th

is st

ory

to m

y hi

gh

scho

ol c

oach

Al K

lein

. I’m

gla

d I w

as

able

to te

ll hi

m h

ow im

porta

nt h

e w

as

to m

e.

For m

ore

info

rmat

ion

abou

t Syd

, ple

ase

visit

his

web

site

at w

ww

.syd

liebe

rman

.com

. He

can

also

be

reac

hed

at

847.

328.

6281

or b

y em

ail a

t slie

berm

an@

etpo

st.n

et.

Engi

neer

ed b

y An

drew

Arb

ette

r at S

tudi

omed

ia in

Eva

nsto

n, Il

linoi

sIn

trodu

ctio

n by

Milb

re B

irch

• Des

ign

by D

arle

ne G

ross

man

Jac k

et p

hoto

grap

hs b

y Sa

ndor

Wei

sz •

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d Li

eber

man

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