Being thankful

This years Thanksgiving was probably the best one I have been part of.

Most of my teammates, whom are mostly from California, went back to home to California or went to a relative's place in the Midwest. But for the eight or nine of us that stay here in Cedar Rapids made the best of it.

This was the first time there wasn't a woman in the house cooking for all of us. Usually, moms do most of the cooking while the guys watch football, but we don't have the luxury here. We all pitched in a cook a Thanksgiving feast. I didn't preparing for Thanksgiving can be so time consuming and costly on the wallet.

I am thankful for the guys that made this years Thanksgiving possible. They are my family away from home and I wouldn't give up anything for them.

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I really don't know how to put it but I been hearing devastating news this month. Just last night, a person from my city I grew up at (Torrance, Cali) got hit by a drunk driver and died while he was in the emergency room. This past week, I had a friend who's relative passed away. And for me, this was the two year mark of when my roommate from Barstow College passed away.

It really got to me when I heard these that I should appreciate the people surround me the most because they are going to always be there for you, when they can be taken away from you in a blink of an eye.

I am thankful for all my new and old friends, teammates, coaches, and most of all family for what they have done for me all these years. Never take them for granted....

-Jun