Just over ten years ago was the first time I had ever skated, It was a Friday night open skate at the local rink after my friends birthday party, 
 i had never worn a pair of skates before, i sat down and my mom tied my skates for me. I remember my friends skating laps around me, and despite not being good, there was something about it that hooked me.
a few short weeks after I began learn to skate and soon enough after I was playing on an organized team. 
 I just couldn't get enough, it was all I wanted to do, when winter would come around I couldn't wait for ponds to freeze so i could go out and play until it was too dark.
 I had no idea it would spark into something that influences the majority of the decisions made in my life, 
whether that be what time I wake up, what I eat for a meal, or what it is I watch on tv...
 eventually it progressed to the point I am at right now with being with my team everyday of the week and living with them at school. 
Everyday that goes by I am grateful for the past ten years of travel, friends, and experiences I have gained and would would not have asked for a different way of spending the past years of my life.