She is my teammate, my friend, and my sister in Christ. After getting too many concussions, the doctors told her that she could no longer play soccer. She is still having side effects and can't raise her heart rate up too high or else she will get headaches and her memory is not 100% back either. It has been over 3 months and she has now been informed that she will most likely never be able to play soccer or any other contact sport for the rest of her life.
Another friend on my soccer team put it best. She can see the rainbow in them middle of the storm. She has never asked for a pity party and even though it absolutely crushed her, she decided to see what else God had for her other than soccer. She continued to come to soccer practices and games to cheer us on even though it brought back a lot of pain and sadness. Going to those things reminded her that she would never be able to play again and yet she was a teammate, a true teammate, before she even considered the pain that it brought onto herself. Soccer has been her life for so long and she had every right to be sad about it and let the heartbreak take over her life, but she didn't.
I really don't know if I would have handled everything the way that she did. With the same amount of strength of character and faith in things to come. She is so courageous. And it has nothing to do with a difference of passion or love for the game. She loves soccer just as much as I do, but she is so positive and strong. I'm so proud of you Brielle Nicholas! In more than one way. You are such a role model to me. Thank you for being a friend to me, a true teammate even when it's hard, and being such a strong woman of faith in my life. I love you!
Another friend on my soccer team put it best. She can see the rainbow in them middle of the storm. She has never asked for a pity party and even though it absolutely crushed her, she decided to see what else God had for her other than soccer. She continued to come to soccer practices and games to cheer us on even though it brought back a lot of pain and sadness. Going to those things reminded her that she would never be able to play again and yet she was a teammate, a true teammate, before she even considered the pain that it brought onto herself. Soccer has been her life for so long and she had every right to be sad about it and let the heartbreak take over her life, but she didn't.
I really don't know if I would have handled everything the way that she did. With the same amount of strength of character and faith in things to come. She is so courageous. And it has nothing to do with a difference of passion or love for the game. She loves soccer just as much as I do, but she is so positive and strong. I'm so proud of you Brielle Nicholas! In more than one way. You are such a role model to me. Thank you for being a friend to me, a true teammate even when it's hard, and being such a strong woman of faith in my life. I love you!
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