When Your Hero Falls

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When Your Hero Falls

The year was 1998 when it finally all fell apart, although the chain of events leading up to such

a dramatic event in my life was set on course years prior. The location was a common, quiet

small town. A young boy had lived in this current location all of his life, and it was all he knew.

This was soon about to change...

Born and raised life outside this town was not known. As a young child my life probaly

resembled the childhood of many other children my age. I was the first of three children. I had

two loving parents. My family was complete.

Some of my fondest memories occured in this period of my life. I remmember them so

vividly that each days it seems like the occured the day before. Christmas, for example, was

one of these mundane events. At the young age of five I became estatic once the holiday

season rolled around. Each year I looked forward to our family traditions. We would cruise

around town and look for houses with Christmas lights. The houses with numerous amounts of

sparkling lights were a special find. We would pull over and just gaze at them. I could sit on

the side of the road all night and look at the lights. After the hunting for lights we would go

home and set out milk and cookies for Santa. An early bedtime was required to ensure Santa

would be generous with his presents.

The following morning I would be the first one up at 5 o'clock. I would wake up the entire

family. We would go out and sit in front of the tree. I remmember the look on my fathers face.

The look of happiness; the look of pure joy. As the pile of presents went down his smile

seemed to grow bigger and bigger. The best gift he ever gave me was my first baseball glove. I

will never forget that. I had to wait till spring to coem around so we coudl go out and play

catch. I would wait all day for my father...