Adversity

Sorry for the hold up in the blogs. We have just been on the road so much, it’s been tough to find time to get some thoughts together. This blog is about something that every human being goes through. Adversity! Sometimes things happen to make you wonder “why”? I think everyone once or twice in their lives have been through a situation that just makes them ask why. Last week I was in one of those situations. In the beginning of the first quarter of our game, one my teammates/ best friends hurt his knee. Now, obviously sports injuries are bound to happen. There's truthfully no avoiding them and every team will have some every year. This one, though, just wasn't right and had me asking myself “why”. By now you guys all probably realize I'm talking about Greg. From day one since I’ve been in Portland, Greg and I have became good friends. I have seen him in his ups and downs and have been with him through a lot. A worse thing couldn’t have happened to a better guy. My Mom used to always tell me that everything always happens for a reason, and it’s a song that I have kind of kept with me to this day. After this happened, it made me question what could possibly be the reason. There was not one reason I could think of. There was one thing I couldn’t