Step Up or Back Up A year and a half ago as I was wheeled into the operating room awaiting my open heart surgery there were only three things on my mind. Would I die? Would I ever see my friends again? Would I ever be able to play sports? At first my focus was on my newly acquired ability to participate in sports. But I later found out that I could also meet many …showed first 75 words of 399 total…

…showed last 75 words of 399 total…for me. Back in seventh grade, I would sneak and play sports, and I would get so tired that I would quit. I never dreamed that some day I would be able to enjoy sports and have the relationship with my friends that I do. Maybe it is because I wasn’t able to do these things before that whenever I have free time I love to hang out with my friends and play sports.