the next thing you know it's up in flames on the side of the mountain. It is crazy how many people have ​gathered together after this happened. Even though the Grammy's were happening at Staples Center Sunday Night, thousands of people came to L A Live to pay their respects. People left, basketballs, jerseys, flowers, pictures. It is amazing to see how much of an impact one man can create for others. There are murals popping up not only all over L A but all over the world.

Kobe Bryant was a legend. He changed the sport of Basketball. He set high standards and always tired to be his very best even at his toughest times. His nickname was Black Mamba. Something I found out today was that normally in basketball you get a nickname for something you do or whatever. Kobe actually gave himself that nickname, when he was going through a rough time in 2003. Kobe Bryant was only 41 years old when we lost him from this world. He has 4 daughters with his loving wife Vanessa and is a total girls dad. He played 20 years for the Lakers and won 1 MVP Award. He also scored 81 points in one game. The way this man played basketball was the definition of Mamba Mentality. Not only was a great dad, he was also a great coach to his daughter Gigi. She was on the road to taking on his legacy but for the WNBA. Kobe would also coach her teams and take her to games and break them down with her. Gigi was Kobe's Mini Me. RIP <3

I'll finish this off by letting y'all know how Kobe has changed my life. When I was little, I was very into sports. I never played on a team till my senior year of high school but everyday in the school yard I was always the girl playing basketball with the boys growing up. I went to sports camp from 98-04, 2 years after Kobe got drafted for the LA Lakers. Now being a girl growing up in LA, I came to love a bunch of the LA teams: Dodgers, Lakers, more recently the Kings and Rams. Kobe is a big part of why I love sports today. I remember always wanting to watch the Laker games but needing my dad to explain it a bit more to me because I was still young. Soon after I started watching their games more regularly, Kobe #8 at the time became my favorite player. He was a Beast, always doing his best, never giving up. The way him and Shaq played together with their team was by far my favorite. One of the best games I ever watched was sitting at Jerry's Deli on Ventura Blvd with my parents. I remember asking the hostess to seat us by a tv so I could watch the game playing. That night was an epic night. Lakers won and all I can really remember was feeling pure joy watching that game. Kobe lead his team to victory which he always did. That will be one of the fondest memories I have had. Lately I have been in PT due to a knee surgery I had. This week alone, I have definitely had both the Mamba Mentality and the Mambacita Mentality through all my exercises I've been doing. As Kobe once said "Heroes come and go but Legends are forever" 

Hello Y'all. Im Kate Rosen and welcome to my page!!! I hope you have lots of fun seeing some of the adventures I go on and opportunities I get. This year alone has been very eye opening to me. I started doing more of just me, finding myself, and being okay alone. It all started when I graduated college and moved across country to Orlando, FL. I got a great opportunity out of college to work at Walt Disney World as a photographer. I had all these plans and goals to start my website/blog

job and take a step back to relax and recover. Currently it is 6 weeks out of my surgery and still no job but again picked back up with photography while working prior and that has seem to bring me lots of opportunities. I currently have, since November done more with my college degree than my entire time as a student (besides learning how to do it all), a website I created for my fathers blues band (www.johnnybluejay.com), I manage and run the social media for Johnny Blue Jay, I did the CD artwork for his band, I do the ads for the band, I got my own website up and running, I am currently helping a local brewery in the area I live with taking photos for their website and so much more. I feel very accomplished being almost 2 years out of college. I finally feel like I can do