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Although it has only been 14 years, it has been great so far. My name is Blake Hilmes and I live in New Baden, IL. I have had some great experiences in the fourteen years of my life. Some f my favorite hobbies are sports, hunting, and try to be involved with church activities. I enjoy music also. If you listen to certain songs it describes some of my life stories. One story is life changing, face changing, and tiring. I was in eighth grade about to play a great game. My team was about to play Carlyle in a basketball game. We were all nervous and you could tell in the first half. Then we came back in the second half. It reminds me of the beginning of the song Not Afraid. How we weren’t afraid to take a stand and not accept defeat. We kept scoring and Carlyle’s lead closed rapidly. The last 2:00 minutes of the last quarter lasted forever. With about 30 seconds left Matt Hilmes and I went up for a rebound. I got the ball but he elbowed me under the eye. It broke open the skin under my eye, it stung like a bee, but Nick had fouled out so I had to keep playing. Just like the song I wasn’t afraid to keep going. We ended up tying it and went into overtime, twice. At the end we won, but I had to go get stitches from the hospital. I was walking to church one day when I realized something. It was time for it to happen. My family walked into the church and sat down. Then, my pastor started his long, interesting, and deep conversation with our congregation. We started to sing Amazing Grace when he finished the passage. I was getting really nervous when the song was ending. He came walking towards me right after he finished singing. He told me, “Its time, time to join the congregation, and time to join God.” Then before I knew it, I had accepted god as my lord and savior. What I remember, all then time is the song. It makes me remember how nervous I was. Every time I hear the song, Amazing Grace, it reminds me of this experience. It was a cold, rainy, depressing morning. My family thought it would be a horrible day. It was third day of hunting season and still no deer. We hadn’t seen anything to even shoot at. If I didn’t shoot a deer I would be the only one to not shoot a deer. Then about 8:30 a doe walked up behind me. I shot at her left handed but she kept running, so I shoot again right handed. At first I didn’t think I had hit her so I sat in my stand forever wondering. About 30 minutes later my dad walked up and gave me the good news. It was the first deer I had ever got. I got out of my stand and basically danced the rain. A song that reminds me of this experience is Rain is a Good Thing. The day I got my deer, was the only day it rained. Now every time, I hope it rains because maybe history will repeat itself. These events are very interesting and have impacted my life a lot. The basketball experience changed the way I play the game. Accepting God into my life will impact me forever. The last event made me think about possibilities and being patient. This essay assignment made me realize the things I care about, and how they have impacted my life.

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