Final Interpersonal Event

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My final interpersonal event is different than most, yet, had a huge impact on my life, giving up soccer. Soccer has been apart of my life since I was 3 years old. Ever since I can remember I was kicking around a soccer ball. I played on my first team when I was in kindergarten at 4 years old. I played ever since then until my senior year of high school. I didn’t feel the support from anyone anymore. I needed one person to believe in me. The song that I chose to best represent my dream that never came true is Someone Else's Dream by Faith Hill. This song perfectly describes how I was dressed up to go to dance class and was always told I need to be a princess when all I wanted was to play soccer and be tough. It was always my parents dream

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