The Unexpected

The unexpected has happened. After high school I thought I would never find my passion for lacrosse again. I know that I loved the sport, but I also had to take into account my mental wellbeing which is why I decided to end my lacrosse career after high school. After the pandemic I was itching to be on a team again. That’s when I found Crew.

Crew fulfilled my hope of being on a team where my mental wellbeing was taken first. I was not good by any means, but the team felt like a family that had my back and I had theirs. The only thing Crew was missing for me is the passion for the sport. I our first scrimmage I know this was not my sport, but it was my family on campus. I found this out when I had more fun cheering my teammates on than being in the boat. This comes as a shook because I am the kind of person who always likes being out and continuing to the team. I don’t mind cheering on my team, but when it comes to sport I like being out and having action.

This is why this semester I would switch back to lacrosse because if I don’t like it I would not be tied down. I was defiantly hesitant about joining because I did not want it to be a repeat of high school, but I also wanted to see if it could spark my passion again. Which I would not say it sparked my passion I would say it brought it back out because I always got excited when someone talked about lacrosse.

I had my first scrimmage today. We played two games, KSU and Emory. After the games I got really excited about the spring and I can’t wait to come back from winter break and play because it make me happy and allows me to have something to look forwards to. Also, the girls I met today are all very nice, which gives me hope that it will feel like a family. Hope is all I want because that means I do not have any negative feelings. Moving today in the same was giving me flashbacks to when I was my happies self playing lacrosse when I was a freshman in high school and into the summer season. Also freshman year of high school reminds me of my happies self because those were the years when I felt like cross- country, robotics, and both of my lacrosse teams were my family.

SK