Biography (based on a true story of my life)

On December the 6th 1996, a beautiful baby girl, by the name of Kayla Rachelle Inman, was born in the city of Dallas. Kayla grew up in the Church and was a happy and outgoing young girl who loved dance and gymnastics. Soon she would have a little sister, August 30th 1999 her baby sister Katelynn was born. Kayla was in love with her baby sister, from birth Katelynn had a skin condition called nevus which are basically moles/beauty marks which she had all over her body. Nevus is not harmful but it is very sensitive because it can develop into cancer. At a young age Katelynn had to receive surgery on her back to remove a large amount of this skin, she did well in surgery and recovered quickly. In 2002 Kayla and her family moved into a big house on a giant hill in the city of Highland Village. There the spent many family holidays cherishing their blessings, and another would come soon. Kayla's mother had become pregnant once again and on June 6th 2005 her mother Donna gave birth to a third baby girl, and her name was Kennedi. Now a family of six Kayla, Katelynn her new baby sister Kennedi, her mom and dad, and her Grandmother all lived happily together as one family. As Kayla grew older she developed a love for basketball. Kayla became infatuated with the game spent thousands of hours and thousands of dollars training and flying to different cities all over the U.S. to play in tournaments. Kayla’s dream was to receive an  athletic  scholarship for her elite  abilities and the summer of her junior year was the most important for her to receive that opportunity. But that wouldn’t come until after the school year had ended. Kayla also played basketball for the school team, she attended Flower mound Marcus High school and loved everything about their school spirt. Kayla became close friends with many of her teammates, to her they were like her second family and she loved every moment being with them. Basketball season was the most exciting time for Kayla, because she got to enjoy the game she loved, play with teammates she loved and show off all the hard work she put into the game. But one game during the middle of season would change not only her basketball career but her life, forever. It was an away game and the Marauders were playing the Coppell cowboys. Kayla was a starter for their team and together her and her team were dominating the cowboys. With 10 minutes left of the game her team being up by almost ten, were sure to have a victory. The opposing team had the ball, Kayla was guarding the girl with the ball, she stole the ball from her and started running to the other side of the court for a fast break layup. Kayla and the defender were running full speed side to side by each other. Kayla was determined to score and her defender was determined to prevent it. Finally at her destination Kayla picked up her dribble, stepped, one, two, and jumped while being fouled by the girl defending her. Kayla shot the ball and came down from her shot in agonizing pain, she screamed with all her might to the injury that would end her basketball career.  Kayla knew right then and there that this was no minor injury, when she stepped down from her shot with that right foot she felt something rip from inside. There on the floor she cried in misery as someone assisted her with her injury. She was carried to the trainer within the school as her coach and parents talked. Kayla sat there in the room with ice covering her injury as she heard someone say it’s possible she tore her ACL. Right then and there Kayla felt complete heartache and rivers of tears started to flow from her cheeks. Those there simple letters haunted her, for she had heard about people having such and injury it would take months and maybe even a year to recover fully. Which meant one thing that this summer for Kayla was over, her dream of playing at a university was slim, and her opportunity to use this summer to excel in the game now would be a summer of recovering from surgery. The next day Kayla’s father took her to a hospital the first doctor they in countered said that her injury was just a misplaced knee cap and if she wore a brace it would recover that was excellent news for Kayla but it turned out it was also a lie. Kayla went to see another doctor to get a second opinion, at the office they ran some tests. Reality had set in this was no minor injury Kayla would need surgery, for she ripped her ACL in her right knee. Kayla didn’t sleep that night, she couldn’t, knowing that all the hard work she put into her basketball career would have to be put on hold; she cried herself to sleep that night. But only to see more bad news coming. She went to see her doctor again as they ran an MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) this would show the doctors exactly how to precede with surgery. One thing stood out though, the doctors saw that Kayla also had a torn meniscus. This just meant more recovery time and less time to get back to her game. Kayla knew this would be tough for her but she never gave up on her dream. Kayla went into surgery on November 7^th and the months of recovery would begin. After surgery she had to go to therapy every day of the week and couldn’t go to school for at least two weeks. Once back at school she had to walk on crutches and wore a brace that covered her from her upper thigh to the lower part of her leg. This time in Kayla’s life was very depressing, she sat in the gym watching her teammates practice and get better while she went through hours of excruciating therapy. Kayla wanted to play so bad but her leg was restricting her from everything. Her recovery started to slow, Kayla began to develop massive amounts of scar tissue in her knee and would have to go under again for surgery. Kayla was beyond frustrated, she was frustrated with herself, with the fact that she was helpless and the fact that she couldn’t change what happened on the day of her injury. After recovering only so much Kayla was able to participate in some athletic activity. Slowly she was able to make her way back into varsity practice, but she noticed one thing her game was no longer the same. She wasn’t as quick as she used to be, her knee constantly bothered her; she sucked! Kayla tried to her best ability to get better but she was having trouble. She knew her knee would never go back to normal. Soon Kayla began to give up on her dream and after her high school  basketball career was over she would quit. Life goes on and Kayla focuses on other things, like her new job, school, and now another event that would soon take a toll on her life. The summer right before her senior year her father told her and her two sisters  that he and her mother were getting divorced.  He never said why, later she found out that he was having  an affair with another woman and he left them for her. Kayla didn't know what to feel at  first, she felt nothing but then nothing  turned into hate, hate for her father. It would take time for their relationship to rebuild and over time Kayla forgave him, through prayer and love she forgave him. Now a graduate of Marcus  high school  Kayla, spends her days at college studying, working and growing her relationships  with her family and friends.