Adversity On Ice-Personal Narrative Analysis

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Adversity on Ice

Throughout my childhood my life was pretty normal. My thirteen year old self hadn’t yet encountered much adversity or unfamiliar circumstances. My Middle school classes weren't too challenging, nor was my fun and lighthearted club hockey team. Hardwork and dedication weren't words used to describe my life at the time. As a kid I happily lived safely inside my comfort zone. But my perspective on life began to shift one winter’s day in 2008. While eating breakfast, my mom tells me that we will soon be driving to Pueblo so I can skate at one of my uncle’s practices. With a slight chuckle I brushed her idea off as a joke. With my uncle being the head coach of the Pueblo Panthers Midget A hockey team, I knew my mom wouldn’t actually entertain the idea of having me skate with players five years older than me and twice my size. But her expression didn’t change as she told me to get ready to leave in a couple hours. …show more content…
Up until this point my life had been effortless with little turmoil. I complained and tried to fight my mom's decision, but she had already made up her mind. Throughout the bitter two hour car ride to Pueblo I dreaded the inevitable moment I’d timidly step into the locker room and be surrounded by large, half naked, smelly, adolescents. The butterflies in my stomach fluttered as I entered the frigid ice arena. I apprehensively looked at the ice with as I knew I’d be getting circles skated around me shortly. Trying to remain composed, I enter the locker room as the entire team focuses at me. I was certain that all of them could see my anxious reality through my attempted emotionless facade. I couldn't put all of my hockey equipment on fast enough. The instant I finished dressing I proceeded to the rink where the other players followed shortly
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