As a youngster I remember going to the Waynesfield-Goshen Tiger football games on Friday nights. If my parents would have asked me who won, I don’t think I could have told them who our opponent was – much less the score.

Why?

Because all the boys played football, tag, hide-and-seek, tease the girls and run, and about anything else that boys do behind the bleachers – EXCEPT watch the game. The crowd roared and the bands played, but we didn’t pay much attention.

We were the “show beside the show”.

As I grew older and played baritone horn in the marching band I often walked behind the bleachers on the way to the concession stand to see the boys playing as I had years before.

Here’s a thought for today:  pick anything that’s going on in your life or someone else’s close to you and take a second look to see if there’s a “show beside the show.”