Creative Writing : A Time to Remember

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Creative Writing : A Time to Remember

Like a blazing bullet coming from an F-16 jet, the soccer ball came at me with exhilarating speed and force. Keeping my eyes on the ball intently I seemed to hug it like one of my very own teddy bears. At that very moment, a feeling of exuberance and joy rushed through my body, as I knew I had just saved the winning goal of the seven-year-old soccer championships of Rancho Penasquitos.

My mother had just woken me up and said, " come on Gabby you've got a big day today you need your strength, so get dressed make your water and eat breakfast, your team is counting on you". So I got dressed, made my water and ate my champion's breakfast. Then something I didn't expect to happen happened, my mom had told me that my Grandma, aunts and cousins had traveled from Los Angeles to come and see me play my final game. I was so elated, because my relatives rarely came down to San Diego. I now knew that I had to work extra hard because I wanted to show my Grandma how good I was at soccer.
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As I arrived to the field I could feel and see excitement and disappointment. I thought in my head that this was just only a game and to always have fun, then again I heard that little voice say WIN! After sprinting over to my team, our Coach Paul told us that this team had beaten us before and that we needed to warm up very hard because they were a real killer so we had to play extra aggressive and extra smart! The referee had come over to check us in to make sure that we had ...

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