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when kindness trumps nerves 

9/27/2014

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“Leaders live by choice, not by accident.” 
― Mark Gorman
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"Fifteen steps forward, cut to your right, take five steps, and turn" said the all time leader in touchdowns at Northeastern University. I took my stance, coerced my feet into the fresh mud of my grandparent’s backyard, and looked directly into the eyes of my cousin. "Hike!" screamed my uncle; I exploded forward, turned left and dove, a perfect spiral with the perfect amount of speed. "Touchdown!" screamed Uncle Allen as he hoisted me into the air. My proudest moment, putting a smile on the face of one of my favorite uncles, Allen Deary.  

I am an anxious person and I tend to become nervous when I initially meet someone. My first real encounter with my Uncle was when I was a third grader. I remember it vividly because I was very worked up about meeting him and his two kids. My parents were going out to dinner with my uncle and his wife and I was going to be babysat by my cousins. As we pulled into my uncle’s driveway, I told my parents that my stomach was really hurting and I needed to go home. They new me to well to say yes and forced me out of the car. I slammed the door shut and reluctantly started walking up the gravel path. My mom knocked on the door and it swung open, revealing my six foot one uncle. He looked down at me and said, “Hi, I’m Allen.” I responded, while shaking his hand, “I’m Sam.” For some reason, after he said hello to me, my anxiety disappeared. His great personality put me at ease and ever since, he has always found a way to make me laugh or put a smile on my face. From playing football in the rain, to taking 3.5-hour car rides to New Hampshire, talking the whole entire time, he and I have always enjoyed each other’s company. 

My uncle is one of the nicest people you will ever meet and everybody deserves someone like him. If you wrote down: enthusiastic, fun, witty, smart, generous, kind, on a piece of paper and I saw it, I would write next to it: =Allen Deary. My uncle, Allen Deary is great human being and you would be lucky if you ever met him!

8 Comments
Fitz
9/29/2014 14:20:34

This is really awesome, Sam. It is a moving tribute to your uncle. I hope you show it to him. A picture and a quote above might get it to a wham dammer status:)

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henry
9/30/2014 06:40:28

I love the quote!

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Patrick Romeri
9/30/2014 08:01:22

Im sure your uncle will love this if you show it to him.

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Charlie Cook
9/30/2014 12:00:14

This was great writing. I loved how you described your first encounter with him.

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Owen Johnson
10/1/2014 03:26:08

The first paragraph is extremely descriptive and it seems to bring out the character of this writing piece, nice job!

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Ethan Chueng
10/1/2014 03:41:49

I like how you opened the memoir with a quote

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William
10/1/2014 04:01:16

I really like the quote and the picture. I like how you described your first encounter with him. Nice job!

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Kevin Ewing
10/1/2014 11:20:13

Great entry I felt almost like I know your uncle after how well you deceived him. Great Job!

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