Personal Narrative My Favorite Thing - 1297 Words

Think of your favorite thing in the world to do. Something that defines you. Something that you can only experience from your eyes. For me it is soccer, and through that came a rite of passage that will be with me forever. I was born and raised in Haymarket, Virginia. Haymarket is a small town about 40 miles west of Washington, DC. If you were to drive 30 minutes one way you would be in the country. If you drive 30 minutes the other way you would be in the city. Haymarket is located in the middle between the county and city. My point here is that I have always been in the middle. I am the middle child, average height, and I never thought of myself as anything special. I would just stroll through life having a good time never worried or†¦show more content†¦My team the Battlefield Bobcats were never the underdogs going into a championship game. The clock was ticking down, there were only 12 minutes left in the game. My legs were tired, body aching, I was drenched in sweat and my team s energy was nowhere to be found. Every pass my team would make would not be completed. It was either a sloppy pass due to exhausted legs or intercepted by the other team. My head was down with frustration and my spirit was broken. I wanted to just fall to the ground and crawl into the shade. I felt defeated. I looked up at the scoreboard and the time read 8 minutes left. As I looked at the scoreboard I felt a jolt of energy enter my body. I had felt as if a fire was lit under me. My eyes opened as if I had just seen a ghost. I remember thinking to myself, â€Å"how can we lose this game?† I made a promise to myself that I would win 4 state titles while being at Battlefield High School. This was my sophomore year of high school and I had already won one state title, how could I give up now and let my dreams be crushed, I worked too hard for that to happen. In that moment I knew there was only one result I was going to walk off the field with, and that was with a win and another State Championship. I took a deep breath and thought to myself, â€Å"My team needs energy. They need a leader.† At this point in the game the other team was holding possession of the ball waiting for the time to run out and for the game to end.Show MoreRelatedReflection Paper1022 Words   |  5 Pages including in an English class. Throughout the semester I have grown as a writer. There are still things that I could of course work on, and get better at. But, as of recently I have become a better writer than what I started out as. Concepts that I have learned I can continue to build off of to become a better writer. Which is something I hope to do. Going into English 1010 I knew there were things that I could be better at. Therefore, I came into class with an open mind. 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