Personal Narrative: Brett Play Football

Over the past few years, I have done many various community service activities. My favorite one was being able to help disabled people and play football in a service project called buddy ball. Last year, I had the privilege to help a boy named Brett play. Brett could barely move and was stuck in a wheelchair, but he looked the happiest of all of the participants. Although it may seem like it would be inconvenient to have to wheel him around the entire game, it was a great experience to see someone be so happy. With buddy ball, the first weekend is practice. As soon as the practice started, I instantly went to help Brett. All through the practice I made sure to involve him as much as the other people participating. Brett was very eager to play

On the other team, Bobby was also unstoppable and had many touchdowns as well. The game almost consisted of just Bobby and Brett with how many touchdowns they scored. After being the leading rusher in the game, Brett had one last chance to win the game. In the closing seconds of the game, Brett broke off a long run and scored a touchdown to win on the very last play of the game. Seeing his reaction to his entire team being super excited and congratulating him for winning them the game made me almost as happy as he was. I could tell Brett loved the feeling of being the key player to winning their

Even though his disability held him back some, he showed great heart in being super happy and participating the entire game. Going into this I was going to try my hardest to make this special for Brett, but it also was special for me. Seeing how happy Brett could be even with his disabilities and how great of a time helped me be more thankful the things I have and my ability to play the game. Brett is someone I will never forget because he showed me how much I really am blessed and how you can be very happy even if you essentially have nothing. Participating in buddy ball was one of the best decisions I have ever