Reflective Essay: Response To Ole Blue

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Dear Ole Blue, You finally came! Without hesitation, I pulled you out of your package, analyzed every inch of your blue corduroy and tried you on. As I slid my arms into your sleeves the smell of fresh machine-made cotton and plastic packaging wafted over me. I beamed with excitement as your fresh creases ran down my sides. I looked down to my right and there was my name, boldly stitched in Corn Gold, popping significantly against your National Blue ridges, which made up the majority of the rest of your jacket. On my left, your crisp FFA emblem lay over my heart. Down the middle of your front was a brand new shining gold zipper that reached from the bottom to a quarter of the way from the top. Your back exploded with pride, with the state…show more content…
At the top, stitched thickly in the same Corn gold thread as the front, is the name of my state, “Oregon.†At the bottom of your back is the same type of stitching as the state name, there is sewn the name “Henley.†This name means so much to me. It’s where I’m from, the first friends I made are from, and the family that loves me is from. But, one thing that this name means has nothing to do with anyone but myself. That is the courage to push myself outside my comfort zone, so that I may reach my dreams starting with having the heart and dedication to run for a chapter office.  I believe in being more than what’s expected, and by being a chapter officer, and proudly representing the Henley FFA Chapter of the Oregon FFA Association, those expectations were exceeded and it has also advanced me one step closer to my dream of becoming an Oregon FFA State…show more content…
That one thing will always be my National Blue corduroy jacket. As I lovingly pick you up I slide a plastic, stark white hanger under your shoulders and put you into my personalized FFA garment bag to carry to my door. And as I hang the bag on the back of my door I continue thinking of all the memories I have made while wearing you, my very own, one of a kind jacket. The friends, the laughs, the cries, the trips, and the people I have been inspired by and the people I hope I have inspired. I purchased you for fifty-two dollars, and now it seems like you should have cost me much more. Who would have known that a jacket could change a life? What you represent changed my life and countless other FFA members who zip up a blue corduroy jacket. We will forever understand the impact and the influence that you, simply an article of clothing, can have. And even though my most paramount and possibly last Official FFA Jacket are put away for right now, I will proudly don my invisible FFA jacket and zip it up with conviction and
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