Monday, September 3, 2007

High School

I am from a very small town named Godley. It is thirty minutes south of Fort Worth with a population of 800. In a town this small your friends become your brother and sisters. I played on the basketball team and sooner or later they weren't my teammates they were my family.

When I was a fresman my parents got divorced. My mom moved to Dallas and my father stayed in Godley with me. He stayed with me until he had a stroke. Because of his bad health, he had to move closer to my mom so she could take care of him. So I was left with two choices, move in with a friend, or move to Dallas with my family.

I chose to move in with my friend and it was probably one of the hardest choices I have ever made. The reason I picked it though is because I knew I could succeed at Godley. My basketball team kept my grades up and my friends kept me involved. I knew moving to a big school my sophomore year would be hard. I would have to find new friends that I know couldn't compare. I would have to earn a spot on the basketball team.

5 comments:

MariiLovess said...

Hey Kristi..
Well from your blog I could just imagine how that could be
Living with friends always seems fun but everyone knows you can't live with them! HaHa But I'm glad things worked out for you. I wish well to your parents!

Mr. ESPN said...

Hey....nice seeing you before history today.

I read your post and it reminds me a lot of my sophomore to junior year summer. I had been living with my grandma since I can rememeber. Well that summer she had a seizure and had to have brain surgery. My mom wanted me to move with her and transfer schools. I didn't want to transfer because I was so accustomed to my current school. So I made a deal with my mom and told her that I would come stay with her only if i could stay at my current school. It worked out and staying there led me to Texas State.

GO BOBCATS!!!!!!!

Goggles Piasano Ritardo said...

THe Musical

Goggles Piasano Ritardo said...

Oh by the way, san marcos rocks.

Rachel said...

Very interesting. I can only imagine that that decision to stay was hard... trust me I know how that feels! Well I'm assuming that things worked out well for you... You are here with us now at this amazing school of ours. As g-man07 said: GO BOBCATS!