[WingsToDiscovery]

I had to have two major surgeries near my chest and on my shoulder during my senior year of high school. It was really just the result of too much sports abuse over the years. Neither surgery really hurt post op, surprisingly. The worst part was simply that it ended my future college lacrosse career, which I had already planned on attending the clinic* for.
The doctors said the best I could ever hope for was to be a coach, but I'd never play at a competitive level.
It's really weird though when you're faced with two extraordinary paths in life, and you can step back and look at how different they are and who you would have become if you'd taken the other route. On one hand, I could be finishing up college, playing lacrosse and could have been scouted by a pro team. But now, I'm living in Japan and pursuing a totally different goal, one that I had never even considered during my senior year. It's funny how things work sometimes.
*= a clinic is another word for a training camp usually for those who've already made a team