I'll never forget the day my world was flipped upside down by a single phone call, the call that changed my life forever. My family and I had waited for this phone call for over two years and there it was I distinctly remember the the high pitched ring. As I watch my dad's face go through a range of emotions as he spoke to the unknown person on the phone. He says i'll be there by six tonight and hung up. As my family and I ask who was it? Is everything okay? What was it about? He replies with tears of joy, fear, and every emotion in between “I got it, I got the kidney and pancreas transplant .” The range of emotions and tears then fill my family's and I faces.It seemed so unreal, there's no way he's getting his second chance at life. As we
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Many may see it as a hardship or tragedy I see it as the biggest blessing and blessing in disguise from God. This blessing shaped me into who I am today with giving me self motivation and putting myself out for the world to see. This has helped me in so many ways but he most impactful way has been through the FFA. With the events through this journey I have broaden my horizons in life and through the FFA. Through this journey I was in 4-H which is an agriculture and leadership based program. Which lead me into the FFA in the middle of this journey and that created a completely new journey and future. From the time that our family was going through this journey I just knew that after seeing all the therapy he went through I was going to be a pediatric physical therapist and up until I was seventeen and going into my senior year of high school this statement was true. Then one day I began to wonder what will I do with all my love and passion for the FFA and agriculture? How will it plan a roll in my future? I knew I couldnt just let all of my knowledge and passion go down the drain I had worked way to hard for what I had been given and to many others had moved mountains to get me where I am today in my leadership roles through the FFA. As I thought about how to merge my two passions together I came up with the perfect merger I will be pursuing a career in agriculture
Many may see it as a hardship or tragedy I see it as the biggest blessing and blessing in disguise from God. This blessing shaped me into who I am today with giving me self motivation and putting myself out for the world to see. This has helped me in so many ways but he most impactful way has been through the FFA. With the events through this journey I have broaden my horizons in life and through the FFA. Through this journey I was in 4-H which is an agriculture and leadership based program. Which lead me into the FFA in the middle of this journey and that created a completely new journey and future. From the time that our family was going through this journey I just knew that after seeing all the therapy he went through I was going to be a pediatric physical therapist and up until I was seventeen and going into my senior year of high school this statement was true. Then one day I began to wonder what will I do with all my love and passion for the FFA and agriculture? How will it plan a roll in my future? I knew I couldnt just let all of my knowledge and passion go down the drain I had worked way to hard for what I had been given and to many others had moved mountains to get me where I am today in my leadership roles through the FFA. As I thought about how to merge my two passions together I came up with the perfect merger I will be pursuing a career in agriculture