Personal Narrative: A Career In My Gymnastics

Ever since I was five years old, I’ve been involved in the sport of gymnastics. I competed through my senior year of high school and I’ve been a coach since I was fourteen. Gymnastics became my life. One would say I was a “gym rat”. I loved being at the gym. I learned discipline, perseverance and how to deal with stress, success and even failure. It has prepared me well for the future. There has been one main influence on me throughout my gymnastics and coaching career. It is my current boss and previous head coach, Mark. He has been like a second father to me growing up. We spent four hours a night, five days a week together, let alone all the private practices and multiple road trips together. He often was tough on us, but now I see that …show more content…
We were all concerned. After a brief hospitalization, the gym called a meeting for all of the coaches. My sister and I huddled close together scared of what news was to come. I was very nervous and had a pit in my stomach. Mark came out, visibly thinner. You could sense the tension and seriousness of the moment. He had a letter written up that he was going to read to us. HE read the letter with his voice crackling at times. It was a side of him that I had never seen before. We hear the dreaded words we had all expected. He told us he had a rare form of cancer. It was very serious. I broke down into tears and tried to keep it together as he finished reading the letter. We all held each other close and comforted each other. There was so much raw emotion. He was our rock and leader and now he was in fight for his life. I felt helpless. I wanted to do something but I realized it was out of my hands. It was amazing how quickly my perspective on life changed. I realized how precious life is and that I shouldn’t take it for granted. The team and I channeled our energy and made Mark a Minnesota Vikings quilt, and wrote him letters telling him how much he means to us and how much he has done for us. His wife said that the blanket and letters meant so much to him and that is what has given him encouragement and

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