For five years he had no contact with his mother or sisters, but he came through it to become a strong, wellrespected player and person.And coming from that, he's on the edge of reaching his sport's highest level."I just feel like I've been blessed in my life, blessed to be around some great people, blessed to know God," Anderson said. "Blessed just to be able to be given the athletic ability to accomplish all the things I want to accomplish in life. I think it's just cool because people growing up in my same situation can use my story and use it as a source of encouragement to persevere through whatever they've fought through in life."Please feel free to submit your comments.In later texts such as theIcelandic sagas, the phrase "to go on aviking" implies participation in raiding activity or piracy, and not simply seaborne missions of trade and commerce. The derived Old Norse masculine nounvkingrappears in Viking Ageskaldic poetryand on severalrune sto