{"id":6421,"date":"2024-02-27T01:56:47","date_gmt":"2024-02-26T21:56:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=6421"},"modified":"2026-02-16T02:18:20","modified_gmt":"2026-02-15T22:18:20","slug":"ticket-to-escape","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/?p=6421","title":{"rendered":"TICKET TO ESCAPE"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"6421\" class=\"elementor elementor-6421\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7b1ee2fd e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7b1ee2fd\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6c7e7632 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6c7e7632\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p>\u201cTICKET TO ESCAPE&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Auto racing is boring except when a car goes at least 172\u00a0 miles per hour upside down.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>-DaveBerry<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Daddy traveled several <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6439 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Unknown-20.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"258\" height=\"148\" \/>hundred miles to watch races.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Every year, Daddy took Ma to see the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race. Once, they even saw a driver get killed during one of the races<\/p>\n\n<p>Sometimes, riding mechanics or track people could be killed in practice. A few<\/p>\n\n<p>spectators even lost their lives. Racing sounded dangerous to me.<\/p>\n\n<p>But it never killed Daddy&#8217;s love for the sport. He shared a love of the races with<\/p>\n\n<p>some of his drinking buddies. \u201cHey, Lyle,\u201d one of his friends had asked, \u201cI\u2019m taking<\/p>\n\n<p>the wife and kids to the races tonight. How about you bring your family and come along with us?&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0So that&#8217;s how Daddy, Ma, my two brothers, my sister, and I ended up sitting at the top of the bleachers, waiting for the races to begin.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>We were so high up that it made me dizzy to look over the edge. And if anyone dropped something through the cracks, it was gone. The price of admission was lower for kids up to twelve years old. So I was still twelve, even after my thirteenth birthday, when Daddy took us to the races. That night, although I couldn&#8217;t admit it, I was fifteen.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I wouldn&#8217;t say I liked watching cars crash like my brothers did.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I enjoyed hot dogs with all the fixings, washed down with ice-<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6437 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Unknown-18.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"193\" height=\"148\" \/>cold Coke. I also<\/p>\n\n<p>liked to watch the people with their cameras and gigantic lenses. At the end of<\/p>\n\n<p>the race, they took pictures of the happy winners signing autographs. Watching people get so excited over winning was the best part. Penny <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-6438 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/Unknown-19.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"194\" height=\"148\" \/>thought being around a crowd of people was the most fun. Daddy and his friend busied themselves by passing around and guzzling cold beers. For different reasons, we all enjoyed our nights at Auto City or sometimes at Dixie Motor Speedway.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0They handed each of us a ticket when we came in the gate, with a chance at winning the prize.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>I gripped a ticket in my sweaty palm, hoping against hope that I held a winner.<\/p>\n\n<p>Then I could run through the crowd, as I\u2019d watched many do before, and accept the prize.<\/p>\n\n<p>Daddy didn&#8217;t care about the drawing. He liked cars, motorcycles, noise, racing, demolishing; it didn\u2019t matter. He loved everything about speed. Ma said it was just his way to escape life, along with the drinking. Sometimes, I Wish I had a way to escape.<\/p>\n\n<p>.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0People all around were boozing it up, some of them loudly cussing.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Time trials were over. Everyone stood when they played the National Anthem. The flag<\/p>\n\n<p>went down, and cars took off. The noise was deafening. Fans yelled and screamed.<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Punch it to the floor!&#8221; Daddy yelled, &#8220;The inside track.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Slam him out-of-place,&#8221; his friend said. \u201cPlenty of guts.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n<p>&#8220;Lots of hotheads out there,\u201d came from somewhere in the crowd.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>Ma stood up once and spilled beer all over the guy before her. He jumped up, shocked at first. Then he laughed and brushed beer off his clothes. I just endured it all and clung to the ticket in my hand, waiting&#8230;<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Finally, it was time for the drawing.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>Cars had stopped, and we were right in the middle of half-time. They were about to draw the winning ticket. Everyone got silent as numbers blared from the loud-speaker, 234167.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Penny screamed!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0My sister won<strong>,<\/strong> even though I didn\u2019t, I was happy for her. She was SO excited. That was the first time she&#8217;d ever won anything. She hurried down to claim her prize.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her red ponytails flopped from side to side as she <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-6435 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shopping-2-205x300.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"205\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shopping-2-205x300.jpeg 205w, https:\/\/wandasmaxey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/shopping-2.jpeg 304w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 205px) 100vw, 205px\" \/>bounced down the bleachers.<\/p>\n\n<p>Her freckled face showed signs of being too long in the sun. She accepted her gift amidst cheers from the crowd. She climbed back up that enormous set of stairs holding a little Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Camera.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0I was more excited than she was.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I longed for a camera<strong>.<\/strong> Anyone listening to us talk would have thought we were on a debate team. \u201cI\u2019m five years older than you,\u201d I said, \u201cI have a job, and I\u2019m the only one who can afford to buy film. You know how bad I\u2019ve always wanted to take pictures.\u201d<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0And then Penny, with her soft heart, turned the camera over to me.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0I tore open the box, loaded the camera, and stood before them to take my first picture. I tried to center Penny, Rodney, and Ronnie in the middle, with the race track in the background. They looked at me. \u201cSmile,\u201d I said, then click.<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0A new love was born for me.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>My way of escape. I had thoughts of being able to capture tons of memories. I had visions of getting older and graduating with bigger and better cameras. I would take so many pictures that when we all grew up and had our own homes, I\u2019d visit and see my best photos on their walls. Whenever I\u2019d hear the words \u201cwedding,\u201d \u201cnew house,\u201d \u201cbaby,\u201d or even someone\u2019s \u201cblack eye,\u201d I could be right there with my camera in hand. My heart filled with joy just thinking about the possibilities. And, maybe, someday, I\u2019d have grandkids to take pictures of. They\u2019d probably get tired of hearing me say the word \u201csmile\u201d so often. But what would life be without pictures to capture all the best times?<\/p>\n\n<p>On that one special night at the races, I had a lot of big dreams. I felt like such a grown-up. Maybe, I remember thinking, I would even be able to start dating soon; after all, I Had my very own camera, and I wasn&#8217;t a kid anymore.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0My sister, Penny, started it all.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Now, several years and thousands of pictures later, I am searching garage sales, flea markets, and even auctions, trying to find another little Kodak Brownie Hawkeye Camera like the one she gave me. I will wrap that little camera with a big red bow and return it to Penny.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 &#8220;Thanks, sis,&#8221; I&#8217;ll say, \u201cfor helping me with my love for pictures and giving me a <\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Way To Escape. 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