Dear coach Kevin i am writing to commend you for all the great things you have done for all the kids on the team and my self. I am writing you to tell you that you have changed us from young undisciplined kids. To responsible adults ready to take on the world. I am writing to to let you know that even though we have not spoken in a year i still remember our conversations as if they happened yesterday. Dear coach I hope this letter of less than 1,000 words shows the gratitude of which i don't have enough words to describe.
It was a cold September morning when we first met, it was the start of the soccer season and I was a young freshman looking to play the sport I loved. I had no father figure my father was always working to give my brothers and i the good life that we have now. You filled that void with a firm handshake and a talk. Coach you were able to talk more sense than any book or teacher I have ever met. You did this with your famous man to man talks and for that i am forever grateful.
I was a 16 year old un confident and underweight i was un balanced in life for I had no idea what I wanted to do and also on the field I would let the ball roll past me over and over again. Today i am a 20 year old a little heavier than when i first met you, But I am more balanced in life and can think clearer and take charge of what I want to do. You made a responsible adult out of me and your man to man talks have worn of on me. I am turning into the mentor myself i acquired your ability to reach out to others and I now use this to mentor my brothers.
O coach with a gentle approach you were able to mend me
O coach i was broken but truer words were never spoken
The true words of a mentor never go unheard
for now my life has become unblurred
O coach for now i have goals
O coach how we have become your molds.
Nice work!
ReplyDeleteYour letter is very sincere. Coaches are great mentors. I had a few that certainly set me straight. Good letter - very solid.
Your ode is also good. I'd like you to try to expand and write a little more. Each week, we're going to have to step up our game. This is a good start, but I think you could expand your ode to reach twice its current length. Let it open up and write itself. It will flow.
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