This is Me


Well, HI. My name is Austin Borcik, I'm 19 years old and I never thought I'd be spending my night typing up a blog but here I am. I was born and raised in this humble little town known to you as Abilene but to me, it is home. My parents are Dean and Teresa Borcik and they raised my sister Allie and I better than I could've ever imagined. They always did their best to keep us happy. Honestly, my only real complaint is that they may have focused to much of their attention on us rather than on their relationship. My parents split up when I was probably about 9. It killed me. Damn, now that I think about it, it's still not my favorite subject. I was always told I was lucky by other kids, two birthdays, two christmas's, double the presents but that's not what I wanted at all. I just wanted a happy family. I have spent the last half of my life going from house to house but never truly feeling like I was home. I always felt lost except for those times where I just got to have great times with good friends. As I got older, I began to cope with it better and I think if possible, it made me a better man. I vowed I would never give up on anything or anyone and so far, I've been good to my word.

Now enough of my sob story. I am in a pretty good place in life right now and am content with where I'm at. My older sister has two boys, Matias and Judah, whom I love dearly. My mom is recently remarried which obviously still isn't my favorite but I'm glad she's happy again. My dad is building a new house for the first time since the separation which we are all pretty excited about and finally, right after my senior year in high school at Wylie, I got engaged to the most beautiful woman in the world. I'm currently a student athlete here at Hardin-Simmons where I am trying to balance practice, grades, work, family, social life and wedding planning which is rather stressful. Oh and another thing. I still got my big, brown bag of fun... my dog Hershey lol. I've had her since I was about five years old so she's getting old and ornery.

As for who I think I am, I honestly don't know how to describe myself so I ask my fiancee. I, for one, believe I am a self-proclaimed food critic. I absolutely love food: prepping it, cooking it, eating. So just about everything but cleaning up the mess afterwards.  I am caring, kind hearted and most of all very patient. I feel these qualities will help me a lot in the medical field....ps I've always wanted to be a doctor but, at this rate, I think being a nurse will have to do. I'm pretty good in school and I've always gotten good grades but honestly, I just don't think I can go through a whole lot of school. But this is probably enough for now, you still have a whole semester to learn about me.

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  1. UnknownJanuary 29, 2018 at 8:59 AM

    Austin it is such an honor getting to see what your life was like. The intentionality, and the emotion behind the writing was truly amazing. It has opened my eyes to view other in a different way. I have a new found respect that is built on top of the respect i already had for you. The lord is going to use your story to impact many people in this life.

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