Personal Narrative: Couch Potato Santa

Couch Potato Santa, the first play hosted at my new school, and I got the role of playing Blitzen. I raced home so eager to tell my mom that I secured the role. I couldn’t wait for the next three months to pass so I could preform this play flawlessly for her; therefore, day in and day out I practiced my lines since it was not often that my mom could come to see my school functions. Now it is the day of the performance and looking out into the crowd, I see no one, but as they say… the show must go on. From that day on I developed the self-motivation, confidence, and commitment aspects of who I am today.

After the show everyone asked why my mom was not there, and I knew why, of course she had to be working. Incessantly working was her life. The relentless pursuit to provide for my brother and I. Doing it so that I could have all the opportunities that I have right now, and I couldn’t be more grateful for that. Although I was always supported verbally through being wished the best of luck in all my endeavors; she never physically being there crushed my soul. For the longest time I truly believed that I was not …show more content…
Believing that anything is possible is where you get your drive. I believed that whole heartily, and it was because of my brother. Seeing him overcome so many obstacles put before him and still having faith that someone will believe in him as much as he believes in himself; sticks with me in everything that I do, and stems my commitment. My commitment in all my activities isn’t just because I love what I do. It’s due to the fact that my being there for everyone in the clubs I am in, shows through in the work they do. My commitment pushes others to be better, and to have faith in themselves since some else believes in them. Furthermore, through all the trials and tribulation that I have been through, and the many more to come I relate to how that feeling affects you in more ways than