Cerebral Palsy Party Day 10: Soccer time

           

     The fall after  I graduated preschool.  I  turned five and started full inclusion pre-k.   I have a September  birthday  so  my  parents  wanted me to  wait another year  before kindergaten. They  talked to many people  that recommended that I  get another year to grow and learn  before  I start formal schooling.  Even though it was  pre -k  ment a new  school,  a privite traditional school with a small class size.  

 Soccer Star 

It also ment  soccer time.  I played soccer  on the neighborhood  tradtional   U5, bunch-ball  I got a great coach  who included me right from the start.   I would later  play  with him  in U10.  He would  nominate me  for  an award the second time around  and I would win.   He also  had a  daughter who attended out church.   I  was able to build community all around me because of inclusion  It worked.  Inclusion rocks.

Soccer

  My  AYSO  picture  from  eighth grade Fall 2005

  Today    had soccer practice and we  did  goal keeping. I  was  pretty  good  on the ground.   Just  call me   steel wall.

  Also did u know the us Para Olympics     has a  soccer  team  for males  with Cerebral Palsy 

What I hope to be doing in four years (A post inspired by the Women's World Cup

                   For the  past two Sundays  my family has  spent   the   early afternoon in front of the  TV  watching the Us women soccer team    in t he women  world  cup.  It has  been  great. Soccer has  been a part of  my life  since  I was  5.  i started so young  because  of  my father.  he  played on the Notre Dame soccer team his  freshman year in collage.  From the tender age of  five  I  was  in AYSO on the  inclusive soccer teams.  I that was a great childhood thing  I  partook  in,

    The next  woman  World cup will be  in Canada  in 2015.  I will be  23 years  old.  So hear are  some things  i hope to be doing then

Finish Collage

 Write  a book/ film  a documentary

Be done with   OCD (this will be done  soon)

 Do  more advocacy work

 Have at least one  CP  Awareness  walk in March

  What   are  your goals  for the next four  years?  For  your kids?

 My first ever soccer team  pic

Soccer

 Okay so  i was never in this program  I was  able to participate  in the typical AYSO  more on Ayso with me  coming in the future