Tryouts Narrative

At the start of my sophomore year and one day prior to dance team tryouts, my father received a call that my 24 year old cousin, whom I grew up with, may have passed away. We just dropped my mom off at work and I was sitting next to my father when he received the call. We immediately drove to my cousin’s house and when we arrived it was confirmed, my cousin passed away in his sleep from pneumonia.

This was a devastating moment for me, and the hardest experience I have endured in my life. I had dance tryouts the next morning. All the confusion surrounding my cousin’s death, I was not sure if I would be able to make it through tryouts. Through all the pain and grief, I decided not to cancel my tryout and I attribute that to the trust I have