College

College football has played a major role in my life in these past 4 weeks. Today is is September 13th and exactly a month and a day ago I stepped foot onto this campus for the first time as a member of the nichols community. To be honest i have never been more nervous in my life. This was the first time I would be living away from home, the first time I would be in college and the first time I would be playing college football. Personally for me living away from home has been a huge change in my life because I have always had two loving parents there for me. Now I know they are still there for me but it is my time to go out and make an impression on the world. The first time in college expercience had me a little nervous because I had heard from everyone i talked to that in college you have so much free time. That had me a little nervous because I feel that I function better when I am on a schedule.\
Even though this experience has been a challenge I have had football to fall back on. Yes, everyone is going around school saying stuff like, "I hate football," but for me its the best time of my life. When I put the pads on everyday it takes me back to sunda mornings when I was seven years old and my mom would come into my room with my football uniform and wake me up. I would then get dressed and have some breakfast then proceed to my game. Those were some of the best times of my life, and I am grateful to my parents for granting me an oppurtunity like this. I am also playing for my father. We use to argue all the time about the simplest things and I regret and take the blame for every fight we got into, because he was only trying to help. He still plays football, its flag football, but he use to play for the Leominster Razorbacks but he had to give that up when he broke his leg. He knew that he had a family to support so he stop playing the real football to take car of us. He also was never able to play football past his freshman year in high school because his parents never showed him half of the support he shows me. So to honor him I am playng college football to show him even though he never got to live out his dream he helped me be the best player I can be.