For me, education has always been my top priority. Since my first few years of school, throughout my last years of high school, I have always strived to be the best I can be. During the course of my youth, I have been challenged by many obstacles, just like everyone else. However, mine have changed my life for the better, and triggered me to view life in an optimistic way.
Through childhood, I lived a very “normal” life. On my rollercoaster I was just going up-nothing could be any better! I had many friends and loved to play outside. My parents always made sure I completed all of my homework on time and that I got a good night’s sleep. But one brisk November morning I wasn’t feeling well- only to know that at that very moment my life would …show more content…
My father wrestled throughout high school and even went to college to wrestle, so he thought it would be a good idea for me to try it out. The first practice, the head coach of my high school’s varsity team came up to me and invited me to a varsity practice. I went, surrounded by 17 and 18 year old high school seniors, a couple who were repeating state champs, and it was the toughest thing I had ever done. But at the same time it was also the most rewarding. When I was on the mat, I didn’t have any problems anymore. All the stress on me was lifted. I wasn’t a diabetic 11 year old anymore- I was a normal kid.
I’m a high school senior. Now that I look back, I realize in the most unplanned way this disease is one of the best things to ever happen to me. It makes me look at things in life in a better way. It’s true I have to take medicine every time I eat, and before I wake up in the morning, and I’m constantly worrying about my glucose levels. My entire childhood was stunned and “being a kid” and eating candy and cookies was now a thing of the past. But even through all these negatives, I managed found the positives and let them shine. I would always say to myself “I’m lucky, it could be
Through childhood, I lived a very “normal” life. On my rollercoaster I was just going up-nothing could be any better! I had many friends and loved to play outside. My parents always made sure I completed all of my homework on time and that I got a good night’s sleep. But one brisk November morning I wasn’t feeling well- only to know that at that very moment my life would …show more content…
My father wrestled throughout high school and even went to college to wrestle, so he thought it would be a good idea for me to try it out. The first practice, the head coach of my high school’s varsity team came up to me and invited me to a varsity practice. I went, surrounded by 17 and 18 year old high school seniors, a couple who were repeating state champs, and it was the toughest thing I had ever done. But at the same time it was also the most rewarding. When I was on the mat, I didn’t have any problems anymore. All the stress on me was lifted. I wasn’t a diabetic 11 year old anymore- I was a normal kid.
I’m a high school senior. Now that I look back, I realize in the most unplanned way this disease is one of the best things to ever happen to me. It makes me look at things in life in a better way. It’s true I have to take medicine every time I eat, and before I wake up in the morning, and I’m constantly worrying about my glucose levels. My entire childhood was stunned and “being a kid” and eating candy and cookies was now a thing of the past. But even through all these negatives, I managed found the positives and let them shine. I would always say to myself “I’m lucky, it could be