so there is something that i have been wanting to write about for quite some time now but havent done so just yet because i havent been able to find just the right words. i still dont know that i have found those words yet but i am just going to go for it anyway and see how it turns out! enjoy!
i think i am in love, no, i know i am in love. yes love that is right, that really strong word that people use carelessly. the passionate word that has come to mean almost nothing in todays society because it is overused, and is used to mean 'like' in daily conversations. (but thats a post for another time, so anyway...) in my case when i use the word love here, i truly do mean love, the passionate version of the word. i am absolutely, completely, and passionately in love with lacrosse. the feeling that i get when i walk onto that field with my team all pumped up and excited to play is amazing!! this year i am playing for the utah valley university womens lacrosse team and it is awesome! my teammates are so awesome and my coaches are incredible!
my teammates and i just had the chance to go up to boise idaho for the boise classic tournament and it was so much fun! we won some and we lost some, but regardless of the score we walked off of the field after each game as winners. we learned to play together so quickly and worked off of each other strengths and covered for each others weaknesses. whether we were losing or winning we all had positive attitudes and never once put any of our teammates down or started to turn on one another. we all just went out with the mentality of having fun and of coming together as a team. we all have become so much closer and these girls are some of my best friends.
then there is our coach. he is AMAZING!!! i honestly dont know if i can find all the right words to explain just how much coach has done for me. he is just an amazing person. he genuinely cares about all of us and treats us as his daughters. as the coach for the mens and womens team he has a lot on his plate but always makes sure he has time for each and every one of us. he has sat down with the men and told them that we are his daughters and they will treat us with the respect we deserve. he has given each of us the encouraging words that we need right when we need them and is someone that i really feel like i can talk to about anything. he is also a phenomenal coach. he has helped me to improve my game so much it is ridiculous. every time i step on the field for a game or practice i walk off a better player because of the way that he coaches and encourages us.
we also have two assistant coaches kelsey and sam. kelsey went up with us this weekend to boise and it was so much fun to have her there with us! i love having kelsey as a coach! she is so much fun and encouraging and helps me to become better. she always has something specific for me that i can work on to improve my game rather than just telling everyone something to work on. it is so helpful to have that one on one coaching at every single practice and game. she is also someone that i feel like i can go to and talk to about anything and know that she will give me her advice and genuinely care about what it is i am talking to her about as well.
then there is the game itself, lacrosse! it is so much fun! every time i get a stick in my hands i feel so confident and like i can do anything. it makes me push myself further than i ever thought i would be able to push myself before. regardless of how much my legs hurt or how much my lungs are screaming i can push through the pain because i know in the end it will all be worth it. i may have to stop sometimes to cough up a lung, but i am right back in it as soon as my lungs have settled down again. lacrosse is the thing that i do for me. it is what i do to keep myself sane, in shape, and enjoying life. whenever life gets hard i go play wall balls or practice cradling, or even just sleep with my stick sometimes :) and i know that everything will be ok. it makes me push myself to be a better person on and off the field. it has helped me to become more determined in all that i do, and has helped teach me that no matter what anyone (including myself) tells me i can accomplish anything and everything and i will become a better person for it. it is one of the most amazing things that i have ever done in my life and i love it!!
"i've always believed that if you put in the work, the results will come. i dont do things halfheartedly. because i know if i do, then i can expect halfheartedly results." -Michael Jordan
"do you know what my favorite part of the game is? the opportunity to play." -Mike Singletary
"how hard would you play today i you knew you could not play tomorrow?" -unknown
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