My Journey

by Saulo Morris

Well, I’m going to start with my freshman year. My freshman year was great, I was in the marching band, on the football team, in the winter I wrestled and in the spring I played baseball. I felt like I made it, high school was going to be a blast. Then my sophomore year came along and I started out just as good as my freshman year and everything was working out for me. I thought I was going to have another great year. But, it didn’t work out how I thought it would. I noticed that toward the end of my sophomore year my mentation began to change when I would work out. Then I was diagnosed with leukemia, and I didn’t really have a junior year. So now I’m going to make the most of my senior year and compare to the last two years and everything I’ve been through it should be a breeze.

My biggest hobby is my music. My life basically revolves around my music. I’m in the marching band here at Thunderbird, but don’t worry I’m not a horn player. I’m on the drum line, so no worries. I’m also in a band with three other guys. The name of our band is Sideways ∞. We thought it was kind of clever seeing how the 8 turned sideways is the infinity sign. We did our first headline show at the Phix. It went really well and it was a charity concert. So it was for a really good cause. We also recorded our first album so we’re all really stoked. It’s going to be titled “To Infinity and Beyond.” I think my biggest strengths come from my music, problem solving, my creativity, and positive outlook on life.

“I’ve been burning in water and drowning in fire trying to prove you wrong” -- author unknown. I really like that quote a lot. I wouldn’t say that the quote is a moral blueprint of my life, but it does have an influence on my life and the way I deal with situations. When I hear someone say, “Saulo, you can’t do that ...”, especially after all I’ve been through in the last year and a half, I do everything I possibly can to show that person that I’m perfectly capable of doing anything, and I want to prove them wrong.

I guess the one thing I would ask you to remember me by is not the tough times that I’ve been through, but remember all the good times. Remember Team Saulo and continue to help everyone around you. Make a difference in this world. Please remember me and don’t mourn for me, but celebrate me. Celebrate everything I did and please don’t forget me.