Daniel Castro:  

Life HERE WE ARE NOW SOME TWELVE YEARS LATER AFTER OUR LIVES HAVE ENDED IN 1992, SOME OF US STAYED, WHILE OTHERS HAVE LEFT. AND STILL IT ALL COMES FULL CIRCLE WHEN WE REALIZE HOME IS WHERE ITS AT. HEY EVEN I SAID THAT I WOULD NEVER COME HOME TO MERCED, BUT I REALIZE THIS TOWN IS NOT SO BAD AFTER ALL. WE HAVE ALL CHANGED IN ONE WAY OR ANOTHER, PEOPLE WE COULD NOT STAND WHEN WE WERE YOUNG, WE ARE NOW BEST FRIENDS WITH. PEOPLE YOU THOUGHT WOULD GO NOWHERE, TURNED THERE LIVES AROUND FOR THE BEST. I TURNED MY SELF AROUND, SOMEWHAT. I AM CALMER PERSON NOW, I DON'T GET FRUSTRATED EASILY ANYMORE. BUT MY AMBITIONS ARE STILL THERE. I HAVE MY DAUGHTER NOW, AND SHE MEANS THE WORLD TO ME. I LEFT THE FOOTBALL FIELD, AS A COACH AND NOT A PLAYER ABOUT TWO YEARS AGO, AND DECIDED TO PURSUE OTHER INTERESTS, ALTHOUGH THE COACHING ASPECT IS STILL BURNING IN MY HEART. I DECIDED FOR MYSELF THAT I HAVE TO DO SOME DREAMING STILL. TO ALL MY FRIENDS STILL DEAR TO ME, AND THE FRIENDS THAT I LOST PREMATURELY DUE TO OTHER CIRCUMTANCES THAT THEY COULD NOT CONTROL. LATER. HEY COTA, "BADGES, WE DON'T NEED NO STICKING BADGES"-BLAZING SADDLES(1976). I FINALLY MET MY MATCH, SHE IS THE BEST THING FOR THIS SINGLE GUY. THE ONLY THING THOUGH IS TO CONVINCE HER TO BEAR MY CHILDREN. (THAT'S BAD NEWS FOR EVERYONE ELSE). IMAGINE, A BUNCH OF LITTLE DANIEL'S RUNNING AROUND MERCED COUNTY? GOSH, WOULD IT MAKE EVERYONE MISERABLE. I WILL UPDATE LATER WHEN I DECIDE TO POP THE QUESTION SOONER OR LATER. UPDATE, UPDATE. I WAS BLINDED BY THE LIGHT. I SOON DISCO...Expand for more