Personal Narrative: My Field Hockey Team

One time where I had to be a leader and help others out was when my field hockey team and I were facing our biggest opponent of the season; Columbus Academy. The whole entire game was an upfield battle as both teams were very skilled and kept each other on their toes. As the game went on, I saw that many of the girls on my team were becoming very frustrated, as the hard work they were putting in got shot down by the other team. When it reached the end of the game, the score had been a tie; 0-0. This resulted in an overtime 7 vs. 7 game. When we were just about to start the game, I decided it was a good time to have a quick talk with my team. I thought that since we were all overly stressed, we needed a moment before we played to cool down and show each other that we had everyone’s back. Even though …show more content…
At the time my parents got divorced I thought my world was shattering into pieces, even at a young age. Moving from one city to another was very rough but me and my sister had to look on the bright side of things: we were moving to a new city which we were told was very friendly and going to a new school. The brand new school meant I would make many new friends, and most of those friendships are still being held to this day. The divorce would also come with another obsticle being that i would be going between both my mom and my dads house all the time. It is especially hard on me now at this age because all of my friends and clothes are at my mother’s house instead of my dads, but i figured out a comprimise between my dad and I to give each other time in our busy scheduals.Aspects of my character that have shown throught this journey are that I am capable of adapting to different situations and cercumstances pretty quickly and to stay positive, especially when I have a younger sister that needs someone to count on to be there for her whenever she needs