Saints win the Super Bowl!
Did you notice how much time was left on the clock when the Colts finished their last play and had to turn the ball over to the Saints? 44 seconds.
Who dat new-dat? Nathan Blakeney*
Is this THE year for the Saints? Is it their destiny to win the Super Bowl? As a Saints fan who can remember the days of wearing brown paper bags over the head, I sure hope so.
But do we dare express more than hope? Should we boldly proclaim as so many of the faithful, “I believe?” Some fans are going as far as to say that when the Saints go marching in, we will be in that number… the number FOUR!
Here is a list of number-four trivia pointing to the uncanny connection between the Saints and their ownership of Super Bowl XLIV (44):
- This is Super Bowl forty-four.
- The Saints have been a franchise for 44 years.
- To reach the Super Bowl, the Saints battled the Vikings’ 40-year-old quarterback, Brett Favre, whose jersey is number 4.
- Garrett Hartley’s winning field goal to secure the Saints’ first Super Bowl bid was 40 yards long.
- That field goal went through the uprights at 4:44 in overtime.
- Our current president is the 44th.
- Hurricane Katrina struck Who Dat Nation 4 years ago (Hurricane Camille was 40 years ago).
- There are 44 days between Christmas and the Super Bowl.
- Saints owner Tom Benson graduated from St. Aloysius (now Brother Martin) in New Orleans, Class of ‘44.
Sooo…go four-ward Saints…and may the fours be with you!
Update: On February 7, 2010, the Saints won the Super Beauxl. How much time was left on the clock when the Colts finished their last play and had to turn the ball over to the Saints? 44 seconds.
*Saints fan Nathan Blakeney was born in New Orleans one beautiful day in April. Did you know April is the 4th month of the year? 
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Everyone living along the Mississippi Gulf Coast can attest to the amazing outpouring of love that came our way when people from around the country and world helped in big and small ways after Hurricane Katrina. It’s time to send a little love to Haiti. Here’s a list of organizations with emergency relief expertise:
By texting the word, HAITI, to 90999, you will donate $10 to Red Cross relief efforts.
The Blakeney Family
This is the most beautiful Christmas card I have ever received.
I came to know Sylvie Stephens through the Nathan’s Prayer website. Her friend, Gail Devine, was looking for information about scimitar syndrome because Sylvie’s baby girl, Sydney, was struggling with this rare heart condition. My Nathan had surgery three years ago to correct Partial Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return, an aspect of scimitar syndrome. Gail emailed me about Sylvie and Sydney, and over the months we shared emails that would be the length of a novella if strung together.
I wanted to encourage Sylvie. I wanted to be an inspiration to her. Turns out, she was an inspiration to me. As Sydney began to lose her battle, I watched in awe as Sylvie, determined to surround her sweet Sydney with love and happiness in her last days, put on a happy face and kissed and cooed and snuggled her sweet angel. Sydney went to heaven in September.
The card’s message is a little fuzzy from being scanned, so here’s a clearer version:
2009 was my best year because Sydney was in it. May you and your family be blessed with health and peace. Love, Sylvie Stephens
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