Blog 2

In my younger days, I dreamt of being a musician, a famous piano player. nothing went as planned though, and for the first time in my life I felt as though I had failed. The drastic change in my life started when my favorite uncle contracted pancreotic cancer. When I was a kid, I had always looked up to my uncle, saying "thats who I want to be when I grow up." I remember the helpless feeling;there was nothing I could do to relieve him from his pain. I could only watch as his life slowly came to an end. After his funeral I saw the world in a new light. I could no longer take time for granted, I had to use every second of it, before it slipped away. I returned to school and earned my masters degree in journalism. I became a sports writer, eventually taking a job as a columnist for the Detroit Free Press. Work became my life. I made more money than I would ever need. I fell in love withna womaN named Janine, and seven years later we got married. I made a promise to her that one day we would start a family-but that day still hasn't come. I didn't want to end up like my uncle.