I woke up Tuesday morning for school after a three day
weekend. I checked my phone and the clock read 6:00 AM. When I wake up I
usually lie in bed for about 5 minutes and check my few social networking
accounts that I have. I checked my Twitter account first. There, I found my
timeline filled with the hashtag #TeamZeke. I wasn’t too sure what it was. I later found
that it was a local story about a boy in my grade. His name is Nolan Zikas.
Everyone calls him Zeke. He lives in Papillion, Nebraska. I’ve never met Zeke
nor have I ever heard of him but his story is really moving. Zeke is a very
good baseball player and played for Frozen Ropes, one of the better select
Little League teams in the city and is also a passionate golfer. He had cancer
just a few years ago and beat it. Then just a few days ago he discovered cancer
may have come back for a second round, this time in the form of lung cancer.
The city pulled together through social media support and by Tuesday night
#TeamZeke was trending worldwide on Twitter. Zeke also received various tweets
from not only local icons like Will Compton and Doug McDermott but also
national icons such as Johnny Manziel, Bubba Watson, and Justin Bieber.
Zeke has gone into this potentially deadly situation with his head held high. His story really shows us that we do need to be thankful. Thankful for everything we have in life, even the smallest things such as our health which we take for granted every single day. As a society, especially at Prep, we need to start thanking the Lord more often for what he does for us. From the roof over our heads, the warm meals at the dinner table, the family God has blessed us with, as well as the opportunity to go to such a prestigious school like our beloved Creighton Prep. Some people will look at this and think "Wow, that's sad," care about it for maybe a week tops, and then drop it like it was no big deal. But I challenge you the reader, as well as myself, to look into this and really take more time out of your day to pray for others as well as to thank God for every little thing he does for us. Zeke is a model to all of us young adolescents and shows us that no matter what our situation is, no matter how bad it is, we should always approach things with our heads held high. #TeamZeke.
Zeke has gone into this potentially deadly situation with his head held high. His story really shows us that we do need to be thankful. Thankful for everything we have in life, even the smallest things such as our health which we take for granted every single day. As a society, especially at Prep, we need to start thanking the Lord more often for what he does for us. From the roof over our heads, the warm meals at the dinner table, the family God has blessed us with, as well as the opportunity to go to such a prestigious school like our beloved Creighton Prep. Some people will look at this and think "Wow, that's sad," care about it for maybe a week tops, and then drop it like it was no big deal. But I challenge you the reader, as well as myself, to look into this and really take more time out of your day to pray for others as well as to thank God for every little thing he does for us. Zeke is a model to all of us young adolescents and shows us that no matter what our situation is, no matter how bad it is, we should always approach things with our heads held high. #TeamZeke.
