Why has my dream been the same since I was 6-years-old? by Melissa

Why has my dream been the same since I was 6-years-old? by Melissa - June 2017 Scholarship Essay

Hello my name is Melissa Hawkland, I know my name is just another name to you, or this essay might be the 100th one you've read today, but my name and my essay about my dream is very special to me. Before I go into detail about my dream I should probably explain what it is. My dream is to be a sports announcer on ESPN, I also had another dream of signing to a college for soccer. I have only accomplished one of my dreams so far and this is how it all started.
My dream started when I became able to comprehend sports, this was around the age of 5. Then I began to play soccer at age 6 and I loved the thought of being on T.V either playing soccer or reporting it. Every Sunday my family and I watched football it was either us throwing a party, going to one, or having a family day watching the game. Now, I am from Georgia and so is my mother, she is a big Falcons fan, and recently when they lost the super bowl this year well, you can just feel her pain. My father on the other hand is from Minnesota and is a die heart vikings fan and I've always been a daddy's girl so when I was little I was taught that Adrianna Peterson was a god. My father and I have had a very good connection, we are just alike he would come to every tournament, every game, and took me to every practice and, every Sunday we would sit and watch the vikings. Sooner or later I started to grow up and that's when everything changed.
I got into high-school and I still wanted to pursue my career as a sports announcer, so I took video/broadcasting class twice and took some journalism classes. When junior year came around I realized that I had the potential to play soccer at the next level. That was the big dream for my father and I, so we started to look at schools in Minnesota cause I want to live up there. As soon as I thought everything was going good, everything went wrong. My father got diagnosed with Leukemia, I don't think I will ever forget that day when I found out. When my father couldn't come to my games anymore because of his sickness was when I started to fight harder for my dream, I started to take harder classes and practice more soccer. Then, I found out that I received a soccer scholarship from Southwest Minnesota State University. I looked into their communications program and meet the professor and in the fall I will be attending and majoring in Communications/Broadcasting. When all the was happening my dad got better and was cancer free and is very excited to see me play. Well, a couple of days ago my mother told me that my father's cancer has came back and that I'm going to have to go into student loans this fall. I didn't realize how much his cancer treatment really was until my mother told me about the debt they are paying for it, and since he is sick again it will just keep going up.
My dream is to be a ESPN announcer this is my future dream, but right now my dream is for my dad to get better, to be able come watch me play and to watch me announce on T.V. . I know that this scholarship can't help my father's illness but, it might be able to pay for some of my college and any money off would help paying for my father's illness. I have ADHD, Tourettes, and Dyslexia so when SAT and ACT came around I didn't do my best, and I'm not eligible for academic scholarships for those fields. Now, I'm not trying to say that is why I didn't perform so well, everyone has room to improve, but if there is one thing that I did excelled in was Communication/Broadcasting. If I don't follow this dream I would be letting the 6-year-old Melissa down and my father. My future depends on me pursuing my dream, I've already done one childhood dream its time for me to pursue the other. Everyone has a dream ,but they people who really want it fight for it, just like my dad is.
Thank you for the consideration, Melissa Hawkland