Looking back...

[freakhappy]

I was doing my nightly routine...laying with my two boys (6 and 3), waiting until they fall asleep before I leave the room...and during that small window of time, I started thinking about cards and what they mean to me. In the grand scheme of things, they are just pieces of cardboard...but these pieces of history mean so much more than what they really are. I've been collecting pretty heavy for the past five years or so and collecting in general all the way back to when I was a kid (started in '87 when I was 8 yrs. old). Some people get the "bug" and some don't...it stays with some and others not so much, but I think we can all agree that most of us have had it or definitely still do have it and it means so much to us...it holds a special place and connects us to many memories that we have had with friends, family and events that have occurred in our lives. A few things that never gets old are learning things in our hobby and looking at old cardboard!

But the purpose of this thread is for anyone that has a memory or memories that they would like to share with the rest of us that means a lot to them or just a memory that has stuck with them over time (good or bad) that connects them to this wonderful hobby of ours, feel free to do so...I'm sure everyone would love to hear it!

One thing that I remember from my childhood that I loved thinking about was me and my cousin playing "cards for cards". While our parents and others were playing nickel/dime poker, we were in the other room playing poker, for baseball cards. It was so much fun raking that big pot that contained a Ripken, Griffey Jr. and The Big Hurt at the same time! Back then, when we were young it wasn't about money as much, it was about collecting, friendship and having something in common...as it is to a lot of us today

So please share what you have and show pictures if you have them...