Growing up in Waldo, I had an affinity with sports….particularly football. I loved to watch our high school football team play and, as a kid, dreamed of playing for my small hometown team! The fun, the pageantry, and the camaraderie were all mesmerizing to me. I just k...

At the beginning of the summer of my 16th year, I was looking for a job.  Being a teenager was (and is) an expensive endeavor!   Taking girls out on Saturday night cost money, and I had to earn that money myself.

That summer, Mr. Gunter, (all of us kids around...

When I was 12 years old, my mother took my siblings and me to Gator Growl, a large pep rally held in the University of Florida’s football stadium, on the Friday evening prior to the Homecoming game. Prior to Growl, there was a pre-Growl which highlighted various high s...

When I was in high school at P.K. Yonge, I loved playing football.  It was my game!  In the fall, I lived, breathed and ate football!  But, since my father had past, I spent my summers working whatever jobs I could fine to help make my way.  Before my senior year, my m...