Personal Narrative: My Character Defining Moments

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Everyone really has just a few character defining moments, even though your character is tested many times you only have those select few moments where someone's character is truly defined . My character has been tested many times in my life, sometimes for good other times for bad. One time my character was truly tested both my tenacity and my willpower are what helped me make my character defining decision. This character defining moment was in one of my recent seasons of football where i felt like I was working hard day in and day out, but it seemed as if my coaches didn’t even notice. That particular season i missed only two practices, and out of all the games my team had played I only got to really play in about 3 of them. I felt as if

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