Easter Break Narrative

It was Easter break of my junior year in high school. I had just finished recovering from a catastrophic injury that I had received while playing football. I had broken my ankle and needed to have a plate and seven screws put into it. It was difficult mentally and physically to come back from being my whole life basically, revolves around athletics. Having my life being impacted by this incident alone I was having a tough time from getting my mind straight. Only my parents helped me realize what I needed to do to get back in the right direction.
My family decided that a good way to go on a little Easter vacation was to go to the Black hills in South Dakota and go snow skiing at Terry Peak. It previously just snowed so there was fresh powder …show more content…
You could instantly tell that it wasn't right. His tibia which is your shin bone did not look straight. He was still screaming like no other and kept complaining about how cold he was even thought it was actually a very warm day. They were saying that that is common for people if they are about to go into shock which he was. After they took a look at him they loaded him up in the ambulance and took him to the emergency room. They told him that he would possibly need the same surgery I had received. Which made things even more real to …show more content…
Again, there was that same scream. A scream that I have heard to many times up to this point so I immediately left. I decided to tell my sister what I had been going through and she understood. I never thought she would have but she did. This helped me realize that even if you don't think people understand, they do. There will always be people there for you even in your toughest times. Things are never so bad that you can't handle it like I had previously thought. So, in a way him breaking his leg a couple of months after me was a good thing and there were some life lessons I could take