Personal Narrative: How Soccer Changed My Life

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I was born and raised in the Portland metro area, but I was mostly in Tigard for the majority of my life, and it has been pretty quiet for all the years that I've lived here, I grew up in a decently sized house with my mom and my brother for the past 15 years or so but before we moved to Tigard we lived over in Beaverton. But I don't really remember much about living there just since it's been such a long time since we lived in Beaverton. There are plenty of people that have shaped the person I've become today, one of those people would have to be my mom. She has been there for me through everything that I've been doing in my life, like soccer, school, and just about everything that I do on a daily basis. She see's the best in me and I try every day to show and prove to her that I am doing the best I can. …show more content…
Soccer has been a really big part of my life, all because it helps me stay in shape and brings me happiness because I get to play with my new friends that I've been making since I started at Warner. I've been playing soccer for roughly 14 years I believe, but it's just something that brings me the most happiness because I get to do the thing I've been wanting to do for quite some time now, I haven't been able to play for the past couple of years because I started working when I was 19 years old and since then I haven't really been able to play mostly due to age and not having as much free time as I used to have when I was