Life is strange.
Far too often, moments go unappreciated. Opportunities go unpursued. Days go uncherished. The majority of people in this world are stuck running on auto-pilot, going through the motions until a traumatic experience breathes recognition of all that life offers into them and changes the narrative. Why is this?
When a “second chance at life” is offered, it’s up to the recipient to make the most of it. That’s what goalkeeper Matt Lampson did, and it’s become his mantra.
His second chance came on September 24, 2007 when he received the news he was cancer-free after being diagnosed with Stage IV Hodgkin’s Lymphoma on June 10 of that year.