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Overcoming Adversity

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There have been many times I have faced adversity and failed or given up because the task was too daunting. But there was one specific time where I would not give up and I took the challenge head on and succeeded. I had just moved to Washington State and friends and classmates were telling me to try out for hockey. Now not even knowing how to skate at this time the idea was scary to me, but I decided to give it a try. Most kids my age had been playing since the could walk, so these kids had an immense amount of experience over me. Now I had little to no time to at least learn how to skate, so I didn't make a fool of myself. When I my first practice came around I started three years behind my friends. I was eager to start working as hard as

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