{"id":64888,"date":"2024-01-05T10:21:19","date_gmt":"2024-01-05T03:21:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alternatech.net\/?p=64888"},"modified":"2024-07-22T15:04:00","modified_gmt":"2024-07-22T08:04:00","slug":"blind-dad-touching-story","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/blind-dad-touching-story\/","title":{"rendered":"Blind Dad &ndash; Touching Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>A young boy used to live with his father alone. He loved playing football and his father always encourage him.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>His father never missed a game. Even though his son would always on the bench. Yet his father would always be there in stands cheering for him.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When young man entered high school. He was very determined about playing football. Despite being a bench warmer for all four years, he never missed even a single practice or game.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When the young man went to college, he decided to try out for the football team as a <strong>\u201cwalk-on.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Everyone was sure that he wouldn\u2019t make the cut but he did and coach decided to keep him on roaster because he always puts his heart and soul to every practice. At the same time provided the other members with the spirit and hustle they badly needed.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img fetchpriority='\"high\"' decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' wp-image-64927 size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/01%5C/e636c6560090a5a87e5b4e20d8952be6-1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"564\"' height='\"845\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/e636c6560090a5a87e5b4e20d8952be6-1.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<h4><span style='\"color:' font-size:>He was so thrilled with the news that he rushed to nearest phone and shared this excitement with his father and told him that he had sent him season tickets fro all college games.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young boy was persistent and even in college he never missed a practice but still never got to play in game.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>It was end of his senior football season and he was on field for practice before big play off game. Just then he received a telegram. After reading telegram young boy became silent and mumbled to coach,<span style='\"color:'><strong>\u201dMy father died this morning.. Will it be alright if i miss today\u2019s practice?\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Coach gently consoled him and said, <strong>\u201cTake rest of week off and you don\u2019t even have to come back for game on Saturday..\u201d and young man left.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Saturday arrived. Game was not going well and in third quarter team was ten points behind. Young boy silently came to locker room and put on his football gear. As he ran onto the sidelines, the coach and his players were astounded to see their faithful team-mate back so soon.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Young boy went to coach and said, <strong>\u201cCoach please let me play today..!! I have to play today..\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Coach pretended not to listen to him as he didn\u2019t want to take risk in play off game but young man persisted and at last coach agreed and said, <strong>\u201cAlright..!! You can go in.\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>When young boy started playing opposing team couldn\u2019t stop him and he played like a star and his team began to triumph. Before long everyone who knew him couldn\u2019t believe their eyes as he had never play in any game before.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>In closing seconds of game, Young boy ran all the way for winning touch down. His team won the game and his team mates hoisted him onto his shoulders.\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>After all concluding ceremony was done everyone left. Just when coach was leaving he saw that young man was sitting quietly in corner all alone. Coach went to him and said, <strong>\u201cCongratulation kid, you did great today.. You were fantastic..\u201d\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'><img decoding='\"async\"' class='\"aligncenter' wp-image-64928 size-full src="%5C%22https:%5C/%5C/alternatech.net%5C/wp-content%5C/uploads%5C/2024%5C/01%5C/792f1f74b4e38362f644e4f75f2b22d1.jpg%5C%22" alt='\"\"' width='\"564\"' height='\"564\"' srcset='\"https:\/\/inovatestory.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/01\/792f1f74b4e38362f644e4f75f2b22d1.jpg' https: sizes='\"(max-width:'>\n<p><span style='\"font-size:'>Coach continued and asked him, <strong>\u201cYou never played in any game before.. Tell me how did you do it??\u201d\n<h4><span style='\"font-size:'><span style='\"color:'>Young boy with tears in his eyes replied, \u201cWell you knew my dad died.. but did you knew that he was blind..!! S<span style='\"color:'>till my dad came to all my games but today was first time he could see me play and I wanted to show him i could do it..!!\u201d\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A young boy used to live with his father alone. He loved playing football and his father always encourage him. His father never missed a game. Even though his son would always on the bench. Yet his father would always be there in stands cheering for him. When young man entered high school. He was\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":65276,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"A young boy used to live with his father alone. 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