Essay 1

I have started the rough draft of my essay, and I'm really happy with my first vignette. I wrote about my 5th grade self, which is before I had any incidents with my ankles that meant large changes for me. I decided to do this because of what we talked about in class Monday. I think it's a really good way to start off the piece. For my second vignette I think I'm going to talk about the first ankle injury i sustained... and how although i was always getting cuts and scrapes i never actually had any real injury before this incident. It was in 6th grade while i was at gymnastics, and this also affected me because it made me really realize my love for gymnastics because of how much i missed it while i was out. It's surprising how much insight breaking and ankle can give to a 11 year old. I'm not sure how much space this will take up, but I'd like to maybe just briefly mention how many other ankle injuries I've had, and then talk about high school next, and how I hurt my ankle before varsity gymnastics sectionals in my senior year and wasn't able to compete, but that I managed to rehab it and get ready for club competitive season... and was able to qualify for state championships, then regional championships and missed national championships by .25 of a point. i think it's interesting how my several ankle injuries have definitely set me back in gymnastics, but at the same time i think they may actually be the reason i am so dedicated to gymnastics because of what I've had to work through, and all of those injuries are pretty much the reason for the major that i'm in right now.