Personal Narrative Essay: My Personal Experiences In My Life
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As long as I can remember I have had an amazing childhood. I have always been blessed with love and surrounded by many people I can look up to. I grew up with amazing parents and siblings that gave me oppoutunites some people do not always get. Many things have happened in my life time to make me the person that I am today. Without my childhood friends, family, and teachers the person I am would not be here. The top five experiences I can recall from my childhood that really stood out were becoming a big sister, joining my first cheer team, meeting my dad 's damily for the first time, getting my first puppy, and being on a television program called Zoom. My first experience happened on my fifth birthday. I was down to my last gift of the day from my parents. They proceeded to tell me that I may not understand what this gift was and it 's importance quite yet. I ripped the wrapping paper to shreds and found a tshirt. In my head I was thinking, “all I received is a tshirt!” I turned the tshirt around and it said, “worlds greatest sister” I did not really know what was going on or what is meant. My parents told me that we would be …show more content…
In this essay, the author
- Explains that they have had an amazing childhood. they grew up with amazing parents and siblings that gave them oppoutunites some people don't always get.
- Narrates how ryan taught them how to be caring and motherly at such a young age.
- Narrates how they were featured on a local televison show called zoom about children who were not given gifts because their parents could not afford anythig. they learned to care for others and helped others have an awesome christmas.
- Opines that these events helped them become a better person, how to care for others, and it shaped them into great cheer coach.
- Describes how they joined a sideline cheer team after their baby brother's birth. they were nervous about leaving their mom, but realized they had grown and matured in many ways.
It was a sideline cheer team and we cheered at the SYA football games on Saturday afternoons. I clearly remember my first day of practice. I was extremely nervous about it because I had to leave my mom and I did not really know anyone on the team. At the end of the season I realized now that I had grown and matured in many ways. I became more independent because I had to leave my mom and make friends on my own, I became a team player and learned that that only way to achieve a certain goal is to work together. SYA cheer is still apart of my life to this day. This is my third year coaching a sideline team and the SYA extreme compeittion team. I coach my girls everyday about how important it is to be a team player and how to work as a
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