Life Goes on

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Richard Heveron Deb Young Cornerstone 9/30/2014 Life goes on “Life goes on” is a phrase that I use in my everyday life. This phrase reminds me that even if an event happens in my life, the world keeps turning and everyone else in the world continues their lives. Employers look for traits like these while hiring new employees and I feel like in the future; this could help me get a job. Through losing a state playoff game my senior year, death in my family, moving to college, no matter what, life goes on. Friday night lights in a small Iowa community are a pretty big deal. Hundreds of alumni, family, and friends gather together to watch their beloved team try to win on Friday night. Football to me in high school was basically my life. Lifting 3-5 times a week for 4 years, practicing every night during the season until 6 o'clock, and even attending meetings before and after school, all of this, just for football. That is why coming up short of a state title hit me so hard. Losing second round of the playoffs my senior year was one of the worst things that has ever happened to me. Knowing that after the game, I would never get to play football on a Friday night with the group of guys I grew up with was the worst. “If the only thing I taught you is how to play football, well then, I didn’t do my job,” Coach Wink would always say. He taught us many things, like how life goes on. December 31st of 2013 my Aunt Barb was diagnosed with liver cancer. With such a healthy family history, this completely shocked our family and friends. On April 13, 2014 my Aunt Barb died and my family was devastated. Her life was taken so soon and she will be truly missed. Moving to college is a scary thought. Mom’s not there to help you do your laundry or wake you up for class in the morning. This was going to be a hard thing for me. I guess you could consider me a “Momma’s boy,” my mom
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