Personal Narrative: Chandler Smith And My Football Career

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I, Chandler Smith, have had a very steady life. Growing up I never had to fight to eat or worry about where I was going to sleep. I had a very blessed upbringing. I never had a spontaneous moment to where I suddenly knew who, or what my life really meant. I had a good highschool football career, being a jock and playing with my friends, not a care in the world. Until one day at practice I went in for a tackle, and dislocated my shoulder. I tore the labium and needed surgery, ending my senior season and my football career. At the moment of my sugery I did not yet realize who I was, or what I was going to do with my life. I was honestly very mad and upset at the world. Realizing who I was followed the weeks after the accident, but not in a

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