Personal Narrative: How Football Changed My Life

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As a kid I was always hardheaded because I felt as if I didn’t need to listen to my foster parents because they weren’t my real parents. They always tried to discipline me as a kid but it could never work, that’s when football came in. it was far more than hard work, dedication, and long days of being fatigue; there was a more valuable lesson behind football which was family, discipline, and hope.
Growing up with foster parents was so hard because I felt that no one was ever there for me. While all this time that I thought they were trying to abandon me that they were the only ones who tried to teach me through the adolescence stage. So they pointed me in the direction of sports, however I chose football for a reason. I grew up watching football

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