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Personal Narrative: My Sister Sophee

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In May of 2006, my family and I were blessed with the opportunity to adopt my sister Sophee. After insisting I never wanted to have children of my own, a few weeks before Sophee’s birth, I told my mother that if I was to ever have a baby I would want to name her Sophee. My mother, father, and I were hurriedly making our way to St. Edwards Mercy Medical Center when I asked if we could name her Sophee. My mother replied with, “If she looks like a Sophee, then Sophee it is.” The moment we saw her sweet face and dark brown hair, everyone knew her name was most definitely Sophee and there would never be a name that compared. As our family held my adopted sister for the first time, the attending obstetrician made a point to visit the nursery to tell …show more content…

My character began to rapidly develop as a result of the seriousness of my sport. At two years old, I hid behind my mother’s leg when spoken to, but because of racing, I am a confident, diligent worker and an outgoing individual. Dirt track racing is a very intense sport that involves a significant amount of balance between awareness of surroundings and rapid decision making, skills I had previously learned at the age of five as a competitive cheerleader. The combination of these sports made me a diverse individual and leader by bringing my determination and dependability to light. Leadership became a defining characteristic of me on the cheer floor and on the race track. Because of my work ethic and respect for fellow teammates, these skills transitioned into leadership positions on cheerleading teams in junior high, high school, and at the collegiate level. On the race track, I was and am currently tasked with communicating with my father, who is also my crew chief, about how the car drove and changes that needed to be made for the next race. As a junior, I was appointed co-captain of the Hendrix College Cheerleading Team and I am currently a senior captain responsible for coordinating routines, practices, and music. When reflecting on fifteen years of cheerleading and twelve years of racing, I know these expeditious sports …show more content…

I was truly culture shocked as a freshman at one of the best colleges in the state of Arkansas but was able to flourish and quickly adapt to the fast-paced lifestyle of a college campus. Since 2006, I have done my best to extend my educational and pre-professional experiences in clinical settings through shadowing and volunteer work. I had the opportunity to volunteer at Mercy Medical Center in Fort Smith, Arkansas during my junior year of high school and continued with the same type of work as a freshman at Conway Regional Medical Center in Conway, Arkansas. I value these volunteer experiences most because of the type of work I was tasked with. I became educated in the fundamentals of patient care and administrative work and came to realize that every staff member of a hospital acts like both a cheerleader and a racecar driver. They must be optimistic, flexible, and proactive with each other and with patients. Without one team member, the rest of the team lacks and must work much harder to reach certain goals and tasks. Ultimately, these life-changing sports shaped my future career as a physician by providing me with the mental and emotional qualities necessary for a successful career in medicine. The confidence I have in one day displaying a nearly seamless transition into the medical field can be traced back to the strong educational roots I established while at Hendrix

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