Waking Up

It is seven in the morning, and out back on my lanai letting the dogs out. It is cool out, but theres no breeze, and it is quit foggy out but visibility isn’t bad. I hear the sounds of the preserve behind my yard. Birds chirping as if they have just woken up, Bustling of the trees as two squirrels chase each other through the branches, and the sniffing of the dogs as they search for a place to relieve themselves. When I sit back and take it all in it seems like I am watching the sunrise of my environment. Everything around feels still until it moves or the sounds of the forest creep into your ears. Similar to looking at the sunrise for a while and you don’t see it wonder up the horizon until your drifts off and you notice that it changed its position. When I look deeper I see a bird jumping in and out of the tree tops and I can’t help but wonder what its doing. It jumps up then it picks a random branch leaf to perch on, almost like its playing a game with itself. Before I can think deeper my dog Spotty scratches my leg, asking to go inside.

About Me

My name is Germaine Chambers. I was born on June 17, 

1993, in Kingston, Jamaica. I moved to the states when I was 

eight years old, so I guess you could say I have been fairly 

Americanized. I have two parents, a younger sister, and two 

Shih Tzu’s. I think I did a little bit of everything growing up. 

When I was three years old I started doing karate, and once I 

moved I kept at it until I received my first degree black belt in 

Tae Kwon Do at age eleven. That was my goal for martial 

arts, so once I got my black belt I decided to stick to soccer. 

I told my mom this, and she was fine with it, but she still 

made me try other sports and activities. Jamaicans don’t 

usually play American football; we play soccer or cricket. So 

as a product of my environment, I had no idea how to play 

this new sport. My parents thought I should learn, so they 

put me in pee wee football! I was a decent running back, but 

I ended up doing other things. Like piano lessons, 

skateboarding, paintball, and bass guitar. To this day I still 

like all of those things, but doing them helped me figure out 

that soccer was the one I was most passionate about. I love 

everything soccer, whether its playing, watching, officiating, 

or going ham on anyone who decides they want to challenge 

me in FIFA! I am a recent graduate from Charlotte High 

School. Along with playing soccer I ran track, and I was also 

apart of Interact and Environmental club. I’m currently 

undecided, but senior year I chose to take AP environmental 

science and found out that I genuinely enjoyed the class. So 

I’ll be determining if I want minor or major in that area very 

soon.