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Personal Narrative: Women's Regional Excel Centre

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“Women’s Regional Excel Centre partnered with Canada Soccer to build the highest level of performance in Western Canada.” I looked back at my computer screen in denial and disbelief of what I had just read. Refraining from pinching myself, I took one last glance and that flat panel LED display. Being surprised is the neuropsychological equivalent of a pause button. It makes us stop what we're doing, hijacks our awareness, and forces us to pay attention, but in that moment of pure astonishment I couldn't hold back a wail of exhilaration and accomplishment. “Congratulations” The real game changer. A 5 syllable,15 letter word that brought me to my knees. I did it, I thought to myself. I made it happen. It's real. The sight of this one word was so surreal. Others wouldn't understand what this word truly meant, but to me it meant that the hours spent after school in the gym, the morning runs followed by far too chalky protein shakes, and those Friday nights turning down my friends to sit in my basement doing ladders and foot work; all of it finally payed off, all for one word. …show more content…

We lean on each other just as much as we strive individually. Together we are stronger and bring out the best in each other. We win together and lose together. We have girls that are our Moms, they keep us under control. Then we have the loud ones, they are the girls that talk when they should and even when they shouldn't. We have the quiet ones who keep to themselves and hardly engage with others. We have the academically talented and the students who can't hand in assignments on time. The one thing we all have in common is our drive and determination towards this team. The second we step over that white line all our lives change. We don't care about anything besides each other in that moment. All of our differences vanish and the one thing that brought us together in the first place takes over. We come

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