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Gratitude Letter Kevin Girard - Google Docs 2
Gratitude Letter Kevin Girard - Google Docs 2
I hope you have been doing well these past four years, and I’m glad to hear that you
nded up as head coach for the team. I am writing this letter to you because I wanted to thank
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you for always believing in me at a time in my life when it felt like no one else did. My junior year
I was ecstatic to make the varsity team, but that thrill quickly ended when I realized that playing
time would come rarely for me. At this point in my life, I did still think I wanted to play basketball
in college and it was heartbreaking to come to the realization that would most likely not be the
case. But, I was lucky enough to have someone in my life that noticed I was going through
something, and made sure to reach out. That person was you. I was in Target when you called
me to talk about my situation, and you let me know that you saw something special in me. That
call changed my whole perspective on myself, and you gave me a renewed hope. I ended up
playing a role for the team a few weeks later, and I never feel that I really showed you how
much that call, and all your other talks with me, meant. My junior year I was really shaping up to
be a quitter, but your belief in me changed me for the better. I am now about to graduate with a
civil engineering technology degree from UNCC this summer, much in part to the never give up
attitude you helped to install in me in high school. I never got to play ball in college, but I credit a
lot of how I approach things in life to the attitude you taught me to have in life. I’m sorry I
couldn’t share this message in person, but I would one day love to catch up and maybe shoot
some hoops.
est,
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Kevin