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'Termite' thinks about turning into comeback king
I know that my readers are thinking that I write a lot about many different subjects, but termites? Well, as you read today, you will see that I am not writing about a bug. I am writing about myself and one of my first nicknames. But by the eighth grade I had outgrown the name Termite. I was much bigger since I was then in junior high.
As an 8th-grader at Lee Junior High in Monroe, I was one of the starting halfbacks on Coach Van Leigh's eighth-grade team. I weighed in at 92 lbs. and my height climbed all the way up to 4'10". I know that you may be asking yourself that if I had outgrown Termite at 4'10" just how small had I been?
Since I was entering Neville High School the next year, I had to do something about my size. I drank milk with raw eggs. I ate a lot of peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I might have been able to increase my weight, but only God could decide what my height would be. I might have measured 4'10", but in my mind, I thought I was bigger than The Hulk.
I entered Neville near the five-foot mark and tipped the scales at 105. I was still a starter so my size had not become a detriment. To make a long story short (not a good selection of a word here), I weighed 124 in the tenth grade. This was the first year that I had ever sat on the bench. In fact, I was the captain of the extra point receiving team. Some of you will know exactly what I am talking about.
For the full column, see Page 6A of this week's Citizen.
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Robert Charles Payne is an inspirational writer who lives in West Monroe. He can be contacted by e-mailing robertcharlespayne@yahoo.com. |
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