Five years ago on the first day of April, I was on the beach in Florida with my high school baseball team for our spring break baseball trip. My first night down there I got the call from my mom that changed my life forever. It was a call that I had honestly expected, but it still hurt just the same. On that call she informed me and my brother that our dad had passed away. After that call, my head was spinning. I was confused, angry, sad, pretty much any emotion you could think of. Why had this happened to my family? Why did it have to be my Dad? I just couldn’t wrap my head around what had happened, and it all just didn’t feel real, I truly couldn’t believe it. As time went on, like anyone that goes through something traumatic does, you learn to accept that what had happened is reality. And through those tough times, you begin to really appreciate the good times you had with that person, and appreciate the fun memories you had with them. A lot of my memories with him were baseball r