Im so confused right now…because my best friend Gabi wants me to come up to OH for a week and then go to FL with her for a week and then right after that I’d go to D camp. The problem is, Id be missing 3 weeks of Volleyball practice! and that would severely damage my chances of getting on the team. I have no idea what I’m supposed to do! i really wanna play…like, vball means more to me than the other girls…its like when Im playing, I forget everything going on around me and everything Im going through. I even forget im diabetic. Which is huge for me. Its like, theres 2 times I forget about D and be a kid: when Im playing and when Im at camp. Sometimes I feel like D has taken part of my childhood because when I was younger my parents wouldnt let me do alot of things just because I was diabetic. (I was diagnosed at age 9) Which they still sometimes do, just not as bad. And playing vball feels like taking back the feeling of being a kid. Its one of those feelings I wanna hang on to forever and never let go of. Thats why I was so crushed about not making it last year. I felt like I lost the chance to be a kid for a little while longer…And now I may lose my chance again.
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i was just diagnosed at 18, so i can only imagine how hard it must be having D as a kid. BUT i did compete in dance for almost 10 years, and i always chose dance over doing other things. my advice would maybe skip just a couple volleyball practices, i know you would probably loose some skill, but i wish that i didn’t let dance control my life so much as a kid. there was a lot more amazing experiences i could have had! i’m not telling you what to do, cuz its up to you, just giving my advice good luck!
thanks for the advice Jade
hey debb, how can they be so proud of me if im so confused?
Thanks debb! well OH fell through…Gabis grandfather passed away a few days ago. he had cancer. it looks like we’ll still go to florida though. and it also looks like ill be on the JV volleyball team this year too! Coach told me at our last practice that he wanted to make me a setter! so i guess it all worked out!