value essay final draft

 The True Things In Life

         What is value? What does value mean? Value, to me is, anything that is special to me. It doesn't have to be the biggest or most expensive thing to have value. The little things in life can have the most value to someone. Some people say they don't care about their family or they hate their family, but they just say that. In my essay I will talk about two very important things in my life that have a huge effect on it.

When I go downstairs that Christmas morning, I look under the tree and see all my presents. I don't see too many but enough to keep me satisfied. I go and wake my mom and sister up so we can all go over and open our presents. I let my sister go first and then me, the first thing I get is street hockey balls, then a stick, and I start to wonder? I say to myself, I don't have a street hockey net so why am I getting all of these accessories? When we get done our presents I think its all over, then my mom brings me outside to the garage and opens it, and what is sitting in there blows me away. Its a street hockey net! Its not a bad plastic one with soft mesh netting, its a real hockey net made out of 2 inch steel poles and long lasting durable netting. I get so happy and use most of my Christmas presents right away!

One priceless thing I cherish so much is my family. I love when I spend time with them because they are so fun to be around. My moms side of the family is the funnest. We go down to cape cod every year to visit and i never want to leave. My cousins down there all play sports and all we do is have games in different sports like basketball, lacrosse, hockey and pool. My cousin Conner and I are on a team for everything. My other cousin Zack that is in college is on a team with my uncle. It seems a little unfair but we always end up winning because we are the most athletic ones in the family. My dads side on the other hand is not so sporty but they are always hilarious. Its weird because we all live on the same street so we can see each other whenever we want. When my dad takes us to my aunts house I always hangout with my two younger cousins that always attack me because they think they can beat me up. But every time they always get on my I throw them off and take them both down, not in a mean way though because they're both young.

There are not too many ways these priced and priceless things are similar, but there are some. One way they are similar is that Hockey and my family are the two most important items in my life. I've been playing hockey my whole entire life and I have had my family my whole life as well. Whenever I play hockey I have a fun time and it is something I want to do every day, like my family I want to be with them every day to because they are fun.

Hockey and my family are very different because I am the only one in my family that plays hockey so no one knows anything about it. Spending time with my family is a lot different than playing hockey because when I am playing hockey I am moving at a fast pace and playing rough, I hit kids and score. I can’t do any of those things when i’m with family because my parents will say it is inappropriate behavior. I will not go around the house and start to push my family members to the ground. Another difference is that I have to wear a bunch of equipment  when I play hockey, and when I go to visit my cousins I just wear clothes.

I value both my family and hockey in different ways. The way I value my family is with respect and love. I care for each and every person that is a part of my family. I value hockey with love because its my favorite sport and I love to play it. I never want to stop playing hockey, I want to play all through high school and college. I don’t care if I have top of the line equipment, I just love to play the game, and its even better for me because I am really good at it.

In conclusion, if you couldn't tell by my essay, I value both hockey and family very much. They both mean pretty much the world to me and I never wanna lose either one of them. Value is something that is true to me and I can have for my whole life.Valuable items don’t have to cost a ton of money, they can be little things that mean a lot. People underestimate their family and say they hate them and stuff, but they say that out of anger, if anything happened to them they would be devastated. That is why I care about my family so much.