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Personal Narrative: Football Player

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All summer Aaron has been watching football anticipating the start of the season. His favorite teams are the NFL team Atlanta Falcons and the college football team Alabama Crimson Tide. He has watched video replays over and over of previous games and has looked up the new players who will be playing the year of 2015. He has also watched videos of the new players college and high school highlights to see if he thinks they are a good pick. He has always been so into football ever since he was a little kid and wishes he could have a job involving that field like becoming a coach or a general manager. Because Aaron is so into football, I thought it would be a great surprise for me to buy two tickets to a NFL Falcon’s football game at their home field in Atlanta. He has never been to an NFL football game before, neither have I, and I thought it would be money well spent. Aaron’s birthday is in September and I’m thinking about if I should get them by then or not. But then I decided to plan him a surprise party, with the Atlanta Falcons theme, and get him things that he could wear to the game. So I got him a Falcons sweatshirt and two Falcons hats. I decided to surprise him with …show more content…

I got Aaron some other little things that were under the tree that I had him open first. Then second to last I had him open the box that I put his jersey in. He was so happy about the jersey because he has always said he needed to get one but never did. Then I said to him, “I’m glad you like it, you're going to need it.” Aaron said “I love it, but what do you mean I’m going to need it?” I then told him to check his stocking. Inside were the two tickets tied together with a red bow. His jaw dropped and his face lit up with excitement as he realized what he was looking at. I’ve never seen him so happy. And I have never felt more of what Christmas was truly about. The gift of giving and giving happiness to someone else, is a gift within

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