“Good Luck ‚ David” said my mom and my sister. It was finally the day that I was going to tryout to make the “A” team of the NJ Avalanche. I worked as hard as an ant all year‚ I took hockey lessons before school‚ and afterschool‚ till 11 o’clock.. I started hockey because of my friend‚ which he introduced me to hockey‚ which then I was interested in playing hockey. Today‚ I have to go to the Ice House to attend the tryout at 7 o’clock.. I knew I could do it‚ but on the other hand‚ I was thinking
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My right index finger hesitantly lingered above C‚ awaiting the decisive soft click as I pressed down onto the key. Never had my movements felt so deliberately precise. Slowly easing onto the familiar white smoothness of A‚ my left finger found its place just a bit down the keyboard. I knew that each and every stroke of my hands of my performance matters today. And yet‚ I smiled‚ letting my hands dance all over‚ presenting a symphony of sound as the ideas inside my head came to life. The music to
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When I was five‚ I met a man that would change my life forever. The first time I saw him‚ he was laying tile at our house which at the time was under construction. I watched as he very eloquently laid mortar and tile in a way that I had never seen before. Soon he sat down with my dad and I and asked us if we would like to come down to his cabin with him and go fishing. I jumped at the opportunity and in two weeks we were driving from Austin to Corpus Christi. I did not know it then‚ but this man
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As the years go by throughout my life‚ I always seem to come across one question… Who am I? Many thoughts occur in my mind‚ although I seem to be certain I have it all figured out; I always tend to second doubt myself. But this time‚ I am pretty sure who I’ve become. You see‚ I must thoroughly elaborate my past before I can explain the present. Therefore‚ you being able to understand what I had to endure to become the man I am today. It all started long ago with a basketball‚ but soon it became
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Caleb was two when I noticed changes in him. He feared nothing and no one. Always roughhousing with his older brother‚ Jackson. Jump on his sister every time she walked into the room. If I didn’t keep a close eye on him‚ somehow he would end up climbing a tree or over the fence into the neighbor’s yard. I would tell myself‚ “he’s just a boy.” However‚ he wouldn’t talk to people‚ avoided eye contact‚ and absolutely hated it when people touched him without permission. In daycare the other kids didn’t
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Softball Then and Now When I was nine years old‚ I switched schools. I went from Freeman Public School to Holy Redeemer Catholic School. This is where I was introduced to sports since my previous school didn’t offer any sports for the students. The first sport I played was basketball. I also played volleyball and softball. It was in fourth grade that I first started playing softball‚ and my dad found me an old ragged‚ leather‚ ball glove to start with. It was so old that the color was faded to
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“Work isn’t to make money‚ you work to justify life”-Marc Chagall When I was younger‚ everything was handed to me. Well‚ not everything but most of what I wanted or thought I needed like new clothes‚ toys‚ the latest electronics things that cost money. When the economy started to crash thing had to change around my house. My mother lost her job and my dad’s pay was cut short plus on top of that he was sick for 8 months with a type of liver disease. We had to cut down on how much money we spent
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Softball runs in my blood‚ my dad played softball‚ my uncle played softball‚ my cousins’ play softball; it seemed as though almost every I knew played softball. I knew how to swing a bat before I knew how to walk. My dad and I would go to the batting cages just about every Sunday. I had previous played for the local team in my area but I wanted to be able to share the sport my family and I loved with the school I love. And although the friendships on the travel team were amazing‚ I could only imagine
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Shown Before Photoshopped By living in a visual world‚ companies frequently run ads using photoshopped pictures. The image presented is near perfect in appearance‚ yet it is not always truthful. Despite the numerous cautions implied by doctors or inscribed on cigarette packets‚ smoking has been a fashionable trend throughout the years. Some advertisements influence individuals in becoming addicted to the nicotine inside the health hazard wrapped within paper. Other advertisements tend to sway the
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The Game of Baseball For as long as I can remember there has always been one thing in my head that I can’t get rid of. As hard as I try to get this object out of my head I always end up falling back to it. This object that defines me is a baseball. Baseball has been part of my life for 15 years now and has helped me become the person that I am today. By starting so young it has made me appreciate this sport much more than I ever thought I would. I have gotten the chance to play past high school and
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