Thank you for your kind words.
Playing oversees makes it very difficult to see my family but luckily I was able to get a few people over to Italy and they were able to enjoy that with me as well. I stopped getting home sick a long time ago, when you leave home at 15 to go to a different country and make something of a sport being home sick didn't really seem like an option.
Coming from someone who has moved a lot over the years, the best way to combat homesickness is to cultivate family wherever you land. You know you will always have a home here at ISU.