A Transforming passion

Can I just say how absolutely I love the sport of soccer. I love going to practice. I love playing in the rain. I love pushing myself to my limit. I love being able to play on a team that doesn't fail to make me laugh, and I know they will have my back. I love being to push others around and yell at them on the field and be fine afterward. I love being able to be so caught up in the game that I lose all sense of everything else around me. I love being able to watch my progress from day one until now. I love being able to look back at where I was a year ago and see how much I have grown, and yet at the same time see how much further that I have to go. I love the game so much that I wonder what I will do with my time when the season is over. I love it so much that I can't think of anything I would rather be doing (maybe sleeping... but that doesn't count ;)

My recruiting story isn't like most. I don't necessarily want to post it on here, but ask me about it sometime and I will tell you. It is one to catch your eye. That being said, I knew that I had to work my butt off. In all honesty, day one was rough. The only saving grace that I had was knowing that I wasn't the worst, but I was certainly near the bottom. I don't know where I fit in now, but I know that my progress seems to out-pass anything that I ever hoped for. This sport that I love so much has taught me that I indeed CAN do hard things. I CAN do anything that I set my mind to. Even with the lame recruiting story that I had, I still played the glorious sport. I still loved every minute of me failing and trying again. I got in my head, but the next practice it had to be better. And it typically was. I love this sport so much. I love what it has taught me, and I love what I discovered about myself and the beautiful game. I am so grateful for such an amazing sport and that I somehow got this amazing opportunity to play. I love the game, I love the team, and I love SVU. Soccer is what has kept me sane being here... so I need to stick with it or insanity is destined to take over my mind.