Querencia (final draft)

                  My life truly began four years ago, that is my volleyball life of course.  I had gone to games and watched friends play, but never really played any of it myself.  Until one day, I had a feeling that I wanted to try volleyball out, see if I liked it.  I had asked my parents and without hesitation they said "sure."  It was gonna be my first year of volleyball!
                  During the first season I didn't know what to expect.  But, when it started, practices at the time were boring and seemed to be the same practice after practice after practice.  I didn't know if I should be doing this or that.  Sometimes I would start to drift off, then just end up just staring at the court beneath my feet.  I wouldn't be able to daydream for long because soon a ball would fly in my direction.  But, it was during those times that I could just relax, to just find peace and quite from all the drama and problems in the world.  But, I had found more than just an escape from the world, I had found an appreciation, a connection to the world's best sport and best place to just be yourself.  I could always be myself when I was on the courts, never once did I ever worry about what may have been wearing, about what people may have thought about me.  Every time that I stepped onto the court everything that had been distracting me and that had been on my mind, would just be flushed out.  I just felt like when I had a bad day that I could just go to volleyball court and everything would be just fine.  
                  One real strong memory that I remembered about when I was still learning what being on the court meant was that not everyone had the opportunity to be on a court and still really enjoy every second of it.  Yes, some people may play on courts because they might've played a sport, but does being on the volleyball courts mean anything else to you then just a a simple court?  It was something I had kept asking myself.  Were the volleyball courts something really that special that no one else could've felt so connected to it as you?. . .  And the answer I had told myself.  Yes, yes it was.  That answer won't ever change for me; ever.
                  Just being on the volleyball courts and experiencing everything that I had experienced it all had a huge, huge impact on my athletic life and my personal life.  It had inspired me to continue playing the sport I loved, and to try to make an impact on the people's lives around me.  Thats why the volleyball courts meant so much to me, physically and mentally.  And that's why I knew that I had found my special place, my querencia, my home.