What Would You Do With A Second Chance?
In this guest post, we get the story of two guys that used a second chance at health and life to make a difference in the battle for IBD awareness, and prove that anyone has the ability to make a difference. Cousins Jack and Nick start following one of their dreams, and after a Crohn’s diagnosis, it leads them to pursue another. Follow their journey on CowboysVsCrohns.com.
My cousin Nick and I have always had big dreams—playing football for Notre Dame, going on safari in the Australian outback, becoming world-class fishermen, becoming cowboys (John Wayne was our childhood idol), herding cattle from Texas to Montana (we watched Lonesome Dove a lot), and the list goes on. Some of these have come true (at least partially) while others have not.
The summer after we graduated from high school, our dream of becoming cowboys came true as we began our work for Warren Johnson at Hells Aroarin’ Outfitters. We would wake up early, catch,...