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It's been a few years now. Like 10, maybe.

My wife and a co-worker were having dinner at a westside restaurant along with my oldest daughter 鈥� 6 or 7 at the time. I was on the road, covering a Lobo basketball game.

As the grownups were gossiping about work and my daughter was coloring on her kids menu, a woman working in the restaurant walked up to their table.

"I'm sorry to interrupt, but are you Geoff Grammer's daughter?"

Bewildered looks between my wife and her co-worker didn't stop my daughter from firing back, "Yes. That's my dad."

The woman then said, "I recognize you from Twitter. Your dad tells stories about you all the time."

The bewildered looks from the adults remained. The coloring by my daughter resumed.

Turns out, the woman owned the restaurant and she and her family were big Lobo basketball fans who followed me on social media and in the Journal, where I had apparently not been shy about dad brags and telling stories 鈥� both about my work and my life.

It was one of my first realizations that through my wildly unique position with the 近距离内射合集, I have a platform through sports writing that not many have. And it was one of my family's first realizations that dad 鈥� always the storyteller 鈥� shares a little too much at times.

A decade later, I still talk a lot. I still like telling stories. And I still have an amazing platform I don't know that I necessarily deserve.

And starting with this column, and publishing on the front page of the Journal each Monday, will be me telling stories. A column is what we call this in newspaper land, but make no mistake, these will be feature stories, human interest profiles and stories about the people of New Mexico who I'm lucky enough to encounter because of this job.

It won't be political. It won't really be controversial. Heck, it may not even be any good.

But we're going to give this a go 鈥� me telling stories of my life and of the people I come across who aren't always the stars, players or coaches, but the people behind the scenes.

This won't always be a column about sports, though the stories often start there. And I'm still covering sports 鈥� in the paper, online, with video, with my 鈥淭alking Grammer鈥� podcast, with a weekly online sports show during the sports season and on social media. This is in addition to all that. Sometimes, it'll be an extension of all that, sometimes it'll be completely unrelated to sports.

Why me? Why does the sports guy who tweets too much and has a weird obsession with the movie 鈥淟a Bamba鈥� get the prized real estate of front page, weekly Journal space?

Hey, I don't get it either. That's a question for someone else.

But what I can tell you is I'm a New Mexican 鈥� born and raised. And I want to tell the stories of this state and the people in it through the lens of a middle-aged, highly imperfect dad, husband and son.

And, like the Journal has been for 100 years now, I'm part of this community.

I grew up off Airport Road in Santa Fe and my Norte帽o comes out every now and then with a "Nada, you?" when someone says "What's up?" (Eeee, I know, huh?)

I'm closing in on 50 years old with a mom closing in on 80. She's still helping me grow up, still loves me even when I don't call and still wonders when I'm going to get a real job.

I've got a wife navigating the aftershocks of being diagnosed one year ago this month with breast cancer, who for some reason still puts up with me telling some version of the same six or seven jokes I've told for more than 20 years since we've been together. She doesn't realize how amazing she is or how grateful I am for her support of me having a career that involves working nights and weekends 鈥� in town and out 鈥� and for being a woman our daughters are lucky to have as a role model.

Speaking of ...

That oldest daughter mentioned above, she's now 16 and entering her senior year of high school. She thinks she's funnier than me and if she ever read a newspaper would be mortified that I even mentioned her in this column. Don't worry, her friends think I'm way cooler than she does and they'll let her know. Despite my role in it all, she's actually growing into an amazing young woman who makes me proud every day.

I've got a 6-year-old daughter now who I'm told is "twice exceptional" by people who make money coining terms like that. All I know is she might be the smartest human I've ever met, she terrifies me, she has big feelings, still laughs at my jokes and I know one day there will be a 10-part documentary about her amazing life.

I'm not sure if it will be on some inspirational biography channel or on a true crime network, but there is no doubt in my mind that an exceptional life is ahead for her.

Each of those four women in my life 鈥� my mom, my wife, my two daughters 鈥� keep me grounded, whether I want them to, or not.

Maybe most noteworthy for how I ended up here is I'm lucky enough to have arguably the best job in the state of New Mexico. I say arguably only to be nice. Truth is, I get paid to watch sports and tell stories. Sorry, Dr. Whoever You Are, your day of brain surgery or whatever doesn't hold a candle to this.

I work in a newsroom full of veteran journalists I aspire to be like 鈥� thank you, Rick Wright! 鈥� and so many young, energetic journalists who challenge me to stay on top of my game 鈥� thank you, Sean Reider!

And know this, I realize I'm not for everyone. This column may not be, either. But rest assured, as much as this version was about me, most of these won鈥檛 be.

This will be a column trying to tell stories about you, about me, about New Mexico and the people who make this state great.

Hopefully this will be fun, maybe even relatable at times. I know some of the people I want to write about here put a smile on my face and even inspire me. I hope they do the same for you.

And if nothing else, if this column does nothing more than give me an opportunity to embarrass my teenage daughter a little more in public, it will be a success.

Geoff Grammer writes a Monday front-page column for the Journal, starting this week. He ordinarily covers Sports, especially Lobos basketball. Give him feedback at ggrammer@abqjournal.com or follow him on Twitter (X) .