Hey everybody,
Today I was thinking about how sports have affected my everyday life, where I would be if I didn't play sports, and what I have learned by playing sports.
For me, playing sports started at a very young age, I did gymnastics I believe when I was 4 and I have played some sort of sport ever since then. I have learned a great deal not only about the sports world but about my self and what it takes to be a team mate. I also learned how to stay calm in situations and make sure you always do what you are capable of doing to help people, no matter what the outcome.
An example of this would have to be this past Friday. The St. Hedwig ribbon cutting ceremony was taking place. Everything was going smoothly, I brought a friend of mine and my brother to help set some things up as well as be there for the ceremony, and they did a great job in doing everything they could. They were always there asking what needed to be done and just doing it. It was a great sense of team work between them and everyone from Think Detroit PAL that was there, Kristen, Chris, Ken and Greg, as well as myself. Everything looked great! Chairs were set up, balloons were put on the fences, the ribbon was done, redone, and done again, until it looked perfect. All the little details were done way ahead of schedule, and everything looked perfect when people started showing up.
People were enjoying themselves, camera crews were there getting interviews, PAWS from the Tigers foundation was there to take pictures, like I said, everything was great, until the rain came!
As soon as the ceremony started, George Guzman was addressing the crowd, getting things going, when all of the sudden the down pour of the season came through. It was pouring!!!! Again, as a team, we sprinted into action getting everything covered up, microphones taken down, pictures put under the tent. It all happened smoothly and fast. Once it was all covered and put away, it stopped raining. We got everything back out and set up and within 5 minutes we were ready to go again. George Guzman started speaking again, and without warning, water started pouring from the sky again. Harder and faster then the last time. It poured like that for a good hour and a half as we cleaned everything up and put it all away. The event was cancelled. No Magglio, no ribbon cutting, no baseball game on the brand new beautiful field.
It just goes to show that no matter how well things are going or how prepared you are, the outcome of the game may never be what you are expecting.
Even though the event didn't take place, it was great to see how well people work together for the same cause, and even in the rain, fans are always going to be there for the favorite player.
Thanks everyone,
Mariel
Today I was thinking about how sports have affected my everyday life, where I would be if I didn't play sports, and what I have learned by playing sports.
For me, playing sports started at a very young age, I did gymnastics I believe when I was 4 and I have played some sort of sport ever since then. I have learned a great deal not only about the sports world but about my self and what it takes to be a team mate. I also learned how to stay calm in situations and make sure you always do what you are capable of doing to help people, no matter what the outcome.
An example of this would have to be this past Friday. The St. Hedwig ribbon cutting ceremony was taking place. Everything was going smoothly, I brought a friend of mine and my brother to help set some things up as well as be there for the ceremony, and they did a great job in doing everything they could. They were always there asking what needed to be done and just doing it. It was a great sense of team work between them and everyone from Think Detroit PAL that was there, Kristen, Chris, Ken and Greg, as well as myself. Everything looked great! Chairs were set up, balloons were put on the fences, the ribbon was done, redone, and done again, until it looked perfect. All the little details were done way ahead of schedule, and everything looked perfect when people started showing up.
People were enjoying themselves, camera crews were there getting interviews, PAWS from the Tigers foundation was there to take pictures, like I said, everything was great, until the rain came!
As soon as the ceremony started, George Guzman was addressing the crowd, getting things going, when all of the sudden the down pour of the season came through. It was pouring!!!! Again, as a team, we sprinted into action getting everything covered up, microphones taken down, pictures put under the tent. It all happened smoothly and fast. Once it was all covered and put away, it stopped raining. We got everything back out and set up and within 5 minutes we were ready to go again. George Guzman started speaking again, and without warning, water started pouring from the sky again. Harder and faster then the last time. It poured like that for a good hour and a half as we cleaned everything up and put it all away. The event was cancelled. No Magglio, no ribbon cutting, no baseball game on the brand new beautiful field.
It just goes to show that no matter how well things are going or how prepared you are, the outcome of the game may never be what you are expecting.
Even though the event didn't take place, it was great to see how well people work together for the same cause, and even in the rain, fans are always going to be there for the favorite player.
Thanks everyone,
Mariel
