Do you know about the flag story?

I stopped at my daughters today and was being told about how early her little one was up this morning and made her start her day 2 hours early. I reminded her of the four year old that I found sitting in the family room at about 04:55 one morning eating cereal out of the box and starring at the white hissing light of the TV screen like the kid in Poltergeist.

Through squinted eyes I asked “what are you doing down here?”. “I want to watch the flag story” was her reply, and while I was asking what the hell she was talking about, the local station came on and started broadcasting with the National Anthem.

Did you know that they start the day the same way they end it? I sure didn’t! I’ve watched it go off many time, but never was there for the morning start two hours later. I could only sit there with my head in my hands and think she’s seen the “flag story” before.



(true story)

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