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            what brings a family together.    play football
            He loves and adores all of his    with him; he’s
            children, grandchildren, and      an awesome
            great-grandchildren. He always    quarterback.
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            house for every single holiday. We   My grandpa
            pray before every meal, thanking   is a man of
            God for everything that He has    integrity and a                   He does not do anything to gain a
            provided for us.                  man of humility. He is an amazing   prize or recognition. He loves and
                                              grandpa and an amazing dad. I     he teaches, because his heart tells
            My grandpa makes all of his       cannot imagine life without him. If
            grandkids feel special. He has    there is one thing that I want him   him to. To have a heart so pure, yet
            many inside jokes with everyone   to always know, it is that I love   so human, is a wonderful thing. I
            and even special handshakes. One   him and that he has truly blessed   love my grandpa, and I want the
            Christmas, I wrote a letter to him,   and changed my life. Many people   whole world to know what he
            and at the end, I wrote, “I love you   are not lucky enough to ever get to   means to me. I want you to know
            G-PA”, but he read it as G-P-A.   know someone like my grandpa.     the amazing person that I know. I
            Ever since then, when I go and see   Because of this, I thank God for   want you to know who has blessed
            him, I’ll greet him saying, “What’s   him everyday. My grandpa is   and changed my life. I want you to
            up G-P-A?”  We both laugh at      everything that I aspire to be. I   know my own G-P-A, Juan Zuniga.
            our own little inside joke. He has   want to be kind, loving, helpful,
            specific handshakes for me, my    and strong. I want to be just like
            twin sister, and my little sister.   him. I look up to him and always
            Ours is my favorite because it ends   try to work hard and be kind to
            with a really cool fist bump and   others.








            Article Submitted by
            Jasmine Gonzalez                                            CHRIST THE KING



               Jasmine Gonzalez is a student at Christ the King Cathedral School. She enjoys athletics
               and loves anything to do with basketball. She is involved in many extra-curricular
               activities such as basketball, volleyball, cross country, track, Student Council, the CTK
               Volunteer committee, and National Honor Society. She holds the position of Student
               Council Treasurer and of Vice President of the National Honor Society. Jasmine is also
               involved with the United Way Youth Division, which is an organization that provides
               students  with  the  opportunity  to  volunteer  and  perform  community  service  each
               month. She plans to attend Texas Tech University and study engineering.







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