A Blast From The Past

This past weekend I got to go home to Vegas. It was my nephew Jace's blessing on Sunday. It was a good family weekend where we all got to enjoy each others presence. With my brothers married, and me being away at school, it's exciting just to be all together. I've really come to believe the saying "you don't know how much you appreciate something until it's gone." When I'm at home for the summer I see my family all the time. Once I'm at school I wish I could see my family more often. Also, on Monday I went with my Father to a softball practice at school. All the memories of the best and worst times of four years playing varsity rushed to me. It's such a mixed emotion experience. Oh how I miss playing sports, especially softball. But remembering those times and comparing myself to now, it just proves to me how much I have grown. High school is all about standing out and getting noticed. You're never really content with yourself because styles and friends are always changing. I would feel that I needed to keep up with their pace so I would constantly be changing myself. Oh how none of that matters anymore. It's a wondrous thing. I do miss using my skill and playing softball all the time.Whenever I go back to high school practices, the story of how we won state my senior year always gets brought up. Although it happened almost two years ago, it feels just like yesterday. Making game saving plays, pulling together as a team to endure, it's an unforgettable feeling that we will always remember. It would be nice to turn back time and relive that life that was so much easier than the stresses of college. But the past is the past and the future is awaiting.