Tammy
Kelly
Cynthia Lynn
Sean
Kevin
Debbie
Cindy Marie
James
Paula
Sponsored by the American Legion
Child Welfare Foundation, Inc.
My life is one big race. I run from one thing to another. A usually day for me is--I wake up between 4:30-5:00 a.m. to get ready for drill and to get my things together for school. I head to drill at 6:oo a.m. or else at 7:00 a.m. depending on the day. I dance for an hour and half. Then I make myself look like a human before I head to school. I get done with school at 2:30 p.m. But for some for reason I don't get home from school until about 3:00 p.m. This is my break period of the day. On Mondays and Wednesdays I go to clogging at 6:00. I'm there for about an hour and half. Then I do my homework. On Fridays there's usually a football game I have to go to for drill. Sometimes on Tuesdays or Thursdays there's a volleyball game I have to go to for drill also. Then there's my friends that I like to spend time with. But when I just sit at home and do nothing I begin to go crazy.
I love everything that I do, but what I love most is the support my family has given me. I think there is only one or two performances that no one in my family has been to. One time was in the park on Labor Day. They went up to a derby without me. It really upset me when no one came to get me. So I spent the day in the park by myself. But if I think about it they came to the three parades we were in and a lot of the football halftimes shows. So my family has supported me a whole lot.
THE SHIP THAT SAILS
I'd rather be the ship that sails
And rides the billows wild and free;
Than to be the ship that always fails
To leave its port and go to sea.
I'd rather feel the sting of strife,
Where gales are born and tempest roar:
Than to settle down to useless life
And rot in dry dock on the shore.
I'd rather fight some mighty wave
With honor in supreme command;
And fill at last a well-earned grave,
Than die in ease upon the sand.
I'd rather drive where sea storms blow,
And be the ship that always failed.
To make the ports where it would go,
Than to be the ship that never sailed.
Author Unknown