Kadin Hinish's Blog

Growing up in a family of all athletes, I didn't really have a choice, but to play sports. A little background about my family's athletic ability. Both of my parents were collegiate athletes. My oldest brother played division 1 football player, my brother who is a year younger than me plays football at Notre Dame, and my youngest brother is in 8th grade and will more than likely play division 1 lacrosse. Other than my immediate family my uncle played football at Georgia Tech, his son plays football at Yale, and I have another uncle who played football and was a national champion wrestler at Princeton. You could say that athleticism is something that I was blessed with. I started dancing at age 2, and it all went from there. I then played soccer and Tee-ball, and later would later start baseball, competitive cheerleading, and gymnastics. Once I got to middle school I narrowed it down to volleyball and track. I did this combination all the way up into high school. I was actuall...

 Throughout my life I have never liked to be in front of the camera. My brothers on the other hand couldn't get enough of it. I was not photogenic, insecure, and painfully awkward. I never really fit in when it came to the picture taking process; until I found out that I was actually kinda good at taking the pictures. I always use to steal my moms dslr camera. Once my mom realized how into taking pictures I was she bought me my own little digital camera. It was probably the cheapest thing that she could find. I had that camera for about 3 years until I got a a newer and a little bit more advanced camera. It was still a basic digital camera, but this one was just a little bit lighter and had more features. It wasn't until about two years ago that I got my own dslr! I was so excited to be able to take my own pictures and not have to steal my moms camera anymore. Since the day I got that I have been completely obsessed with it. I have taken over a million pictures literally. I ta...

Growing up in a very close, big family, we have always been able to be there for one and other. When times got tough we stood together. We always had one and others backs and we never turned on each other. In 2012 our world got turned upside down. The strongest man that I knew was slowly dwindling away and there was nothing anyone could do about it. It took about three months, an appendix to burst, and over 80 pounds to be lost to figure it out. The strongest man that I know was fighting for his life. The C word was introduced to my family. My father went from looking like one of the scariest people that I know to looking like what he was becoming... A cancer patient. My three brothers, my mother and I were at a loss for words. We knew in this time that we had to be stronger for not only each other, but for my dad. Since that day in 2012, everything you could every imagine has been thrown our way. From losing our loved ones, to having some really major surgeries, to the cance...