Personal Narrative-The Reason You Started

MY callused feet hit the mat and pressure shoots through into me. Like lightning, the energy runs in through my arms and down into the mat below me. A sense of relief floods over me as I salute the judge almost subconsciously. I walk off the mat and can feel my teams and coaches warm embrace in the air. I nailed it. Gymnastics has always been a huge part of my life and holds a special place in my heart. I once read something that describes my love and passion for gymnastics. It goes along the lines of this… “Gymnastics is like a drug. Its killing your body, but you keep coming back for more because it’s so addicting.”…. Every gymnast understands. We have a love hate relationship with the sport, but we can’t imagine our lives without it. It is part of me that I will never be able to get rid of. I have had my fair share of struggles with gymnastics. Setbacks that I am still going through, but that I will not let take over me. I was torn apart from my team, forced to go 2 ½ years without gymnastics and once I got it back, something happened that I almost let take over my long sought after

Other than those words, she did not speak a word to me. The athletic trainer gently sat me down to the side of the field by the fence, then she swiftly walked towards my coach. She spoke a few words to my coach and they both looked in my direction.

limping very noticeably at one point, and I ended each practice with a nauseating feeling.

I got to the arena and could feel the nerves building and the adrenaline starting to pump. In the warm-ups prior, I had done both of my routines perfectly and knew that I would nail my passes when my time to compete arrived. Finally, I heard my name called and I headed towards the floor to do one last warm up routine. Heart thumping, stomach racing, and nothing but smiles I stepped onto the floor. I looked to my parents and my dad gave me one last thumbs-up. With a deep breath, I began. The routine started great. I had the power I needed and made it to my last connecting flip. As I propelled off the floor and began to rotate, something changed. I felt frozen in the air and suddenly I saw everything around me moving in slow motion. I dropped to the floor and landed in a heap. I landed on my head in front of the judges, in front of my fellow competitors, and in front of my parents. I could feel the tears building and beginning to seep out. I could not bring myself to look at my parents for fear that I would completely breakdown. Head down and devastated, I began to walk off the floor, ready to go home. As I moped away, my coach stopped me. He told me to think carefully about my next decision. I had made it this far and worked so hard just to throw it all away minutes before I even compete. I

”Your shoulder has became severely impinged from overuse and it is digging into your rotator cuff along with the stress fracture on the growth plate and the tendinitis it's not looking so good”. “But,” as soon as he said those words I got a glimmer of hope that thing could be alright. “ You might not need to have the surgery. If you do the physical Therapy along with the rest.” After he said those words my water eyes began to leak, rest which means NO swimming “ He went on to explain the process of therapy and rest to my mom because at this point I was totally out of it as he could probably tell from the stream of tears that was running down my face. He soon turned back to me and asked if I have any question. I had hundreds but I only asked one, “How long Until I can swim?” “ We will have progress checks to see how you're doing but I'm going to say it's probably going to be about five months until your shoulder is all healthy and we can start to slowly get you back into things.” The tears that were previously running down my face were now rushing down my face. Dr Chudik left the room to go gets forms for my mom to sign, leaving my mom and I to talk about the issue thats lies ahead of us for the next five

Before I was born, my parents went to Bryce Canyon on a vacation. They decided that they really liked the name Bryce. And so, on September 3rd, 2002, Ryan and I were born in the Sparrow Hospital in Lansing, Michigan. My parents had only wanted three kids, but they ended up with five. First, they had one kid, my sister Sierra, who is now 17 years old, and almost 18. Then my parents wanted another kid, and ended up with twins, my brother Nate and my other sister Autumn. My mom and dad decided that they could handle one more kid, but they got another set of twins, my brother Ryan and me. And so, Sierra, Autumn, Nate, Ryan, and I made up the 5 chaotic kids in the Brown family. My parents named me after Bryce

It’s breathtaking up here! The sights are astonishing, from the elegant white doves soaring over the angels heads, to the glimmering leaves from the sun on the tall vigorous trees. This place really did seem to be what everyone thought it was. It was the perfect place where it seemed nothing but peace and happiness could take place.

Organize my food by shopping time. Using one of the shelfs for each grocery-shopping period.

We're looking for a place to settle down and start a family. We are both moving out of our parents houses. I work full time, I have two jobs as of now and my boyfriend is disabled by the state of Michigan he can't work so he will be taking care of the house he receives disability tho that is his source of income. We do have one dog, a boxer thats a year old, he is house trained Is there any requirements for him?

In August I had to visit my regular doctor to get a sports physical in order to try out for the volleyball team. Everything went fine except my doctor notice what he called a slight curve in my spine. He said I had scoliosis and

Throughout my early childhood, I knew I wanted to change lives for the better. I have always contemplated on being a doctor since the age of three and decided to be an actress/singer at age six. Since then I have worked hard to maintain good grades and up until now I have worked relentlessly to maintain good grades, this all payed off when I was accepted into a university that would give me the opportunity to follow my dreams. To be able to accomplish my dreams, I have studied, auditioned,and performed to get prepared and be in the place i’m in today. If it wasn't for my determination,persistent,realization,and hard work, I wouldn't be where I am today. Through countless rehearsals, I was able to accomplish my dream of learning how to sing,

Starting out the first year of a freshman college student is terrifying. The thought of not knowing what kind of teacher a student is going to get is wary. Meeting new people and a new environment of a class format is dubious. The first day of English 1301 with Dr. Mary Stanley felt heavy and quite because people did not know each other. How could a class like this help a student benefit them on the future? The thought of not knowing was hazardous like being drown on a lake.

While growing up at around the age of six my family and I moved to America. At the time I only knew a few words and they were "Hi, and, the" Only way I knew those words was from sneaking into the room where my parents used to have English class and hiding under the table. I would stay quiet and listen to what was being said while at the same time trying to get a good look on what was on the white board that was leaning against the wall until someone would notice me under the table and make me leave the room.

Everyone in this world has been affected by at least one person, event, and group which makes them who they are today. Throughout the fifteen years I've been on this earth I've constantly have been undergoing constant change. To this day I'm still changing in someway and I will always be changing physically and mentally. One phase in my life I remember a whole lot was when I was around twelve or thirteen years ago not quite long ago actually. During that time I had serious anger issues and I was very unstable every little thing would bug me and I would freak out violently. My mom seeked for help and this is where I met my therapist who help me change my life for the better without her I would probably be one of the rudest people that someone

In 2015, a horse flipped over on top of me. A broken femur, emergency surgery, and six-weeks in recovery shattered my opportunity to compete at the Nationals. As the months passed, my condition deteriorated; we knew something wasn't right.