FIRST TIME DADDY HUH?? ARE YOU SCARED?? IM 19...

SO HELLO WORLD..MY NAME IS LEONARD JACKSON AND IM 19 YEARS OLD.I WENT TO IRONWOOD HIGH SCHOOL, IN GLENDALE, AZ, AND I WAS THE AVERAGE KID GETTING AVERAGE GRADES (MOSTLY B'S). BUT THERE WAS ONE THING ABOUT ME THAT EVERYONE IN THE SCHOOL LOVED!!!!! I WAS DAMN GOOD AT PLAYING FOOTBALL. WHEN I MOVED HERE FROM INDIANA I DIDN'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT THE SPORT EXCEPT I LIKED TO WATCH IT ON TV LOL. I WENT TO MY FIRST DAY OF TRYOUTS FRESHMAN YEAR AND BOOM!!!! I KNEW I HAD A GIFT. MY SECOND DAY I WAS TOLD I WAS TOLD THAT BECAUSE OF MY SPEED I WOULD BE IMMEDIALTEY MOVED TO JV. THAT NEXT DAY I HAD TO GET HELP PUTTING ON MY PADS AND HELMET LOL. DURING THAT SEASON I SCORED 11 TOUCHDOWNS IN 10 GAMES!!!! sOPHMORE YEAR I HAD TO TRANSFER TO VARSIT!!! IT WAS TOUGH BUT I MADE IT. I ACTUALLY TOOK A SENIORS STARTING SPOT!! I HAD TO PLAY DEFENSIVE MY SECOND YEAR, AND I HAD NO CLUE ON HOW TO TACKLE A PERSON BIGGER THEN ME. LET ME TELL YA THAT I AM 165LBS AND IM 5'8". SO IM NOT THAT BIG OR THAT TALL. SO GAME AFTER GAME I HAD TO GAURD RECIEVERS THAT WERE BIGGER THEN ME, OLDER THEN ME, AND HAD MORE EXPERIENCE. I HAD TO GUARD SOME OF THE TOP PLAYERS IN THE STATE THAT ENDED UP GOIN TO DIVISION ONE UNIVERSITIES!!! HOWEVER, BUT I WAS ALSO SCORED ON A LOT OF TIMES DO TO MENTAL MISTAKES. YEP IT HAPPENS TO EVERYONE. I HAD 3 INTERCEPTIONS THAT YEAR, 8 TOUCHDOWNS. JUNIOR YEAR I WAS READY AND NOT SCARED ANYMORE. I CAME OUT READY TO PLAY DEFENSE. ALL OF A SUDDEN OUR BEST PLAYERS GETS HURT IN THE 3RD GAME OF THE SEASON AND GUESS WHO GETS TO REPLACE HIM?? YEP ME!!! SO NOW I STARTED ON BOTH SIDES OF THE FOOTBALL. I HAD 8 TOUCHDWNS THAT YEAR AND 3 OF THEM WERE PUNT RETURNS FOR TOUCHDOWNS. WE ENDED UP LOSING BY ONE POINT IN THE QUATER FINALS OF 5A PLAYOFFS. LASTLY SENIOR YEAR WENT BY IN A FLASH. ONCE AGAIN I CAME OUT WITH HIGH HOPES. THIS YEAR I DID SPECTACULAR I HAD 13 TOUCHDOWNS AND 6 OF THEM WERE IN ONE GAME!!! EVEN THOUGH WE DID NOT MAKE IT PAST THE FIRST ROUND OF PLAYOFFS WE STILL HAD A GREAT YEAR AND LOTS OF MEMORIES. I ENDED UP BEING ON ALL STATE SPECIAL TEAMS, DEFENSIVE PLAYER, AND OFFENSIVE PLAYER BOTH YEARS!!! AND I COULDNT HAVE DONE IT WITHOUT MY MOM AND COACHES!! THANKS. SO YOU WOULD THINK AFTER ALL OF THAT I WOULD HAVE WENT TO A D1 UNIVERSITY RIGHT? WRONG.. MY SENIOR YEAR MY HIGH SCHOOL SWEETHEART AND I WERE FACED WITH HAVING A CHILD... WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT TRUST ME WE WERE SCARED. I IMMEDIATLY TOLD MY MOM THE NEXT DAY. FOR 5 MINUTES SHE THOUGHT I WAS JOKING AND THEN SHE REALIZED I WAS JOKING. AFTER A COUPLE HOURS OF TALKING ME AND MY GIRLFRIEND DECIDED WE WOULD KEEP THE CHILD. AND SO THE JOURNY BEGAIN.. EVERYDAY SHE GOT BIGGER THE MORE WE ARGUED. I WAS SCARED THE ENTIRE TIME AND DID NOT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO MAKE HER HAPPY AND CONFORT HER. AND THOSE DUMB CLASSES DID NOT HELP WITH OUR HECTIC SCHEDULES. BUT THE TIME CAME AND IT WAS TIME FOR THE LITTLE LADY TO ARRIVE. THIS WAS VERY EXCITING AND VERY NERVE RACKING. BUT SHE WAS BORN AND FATHER HOOD HAD ARRIVED. BORN IN 2007 MY DAUGHTER JAYDEN WAS BORN ON FATHERS DAY AND WHAT A BLESSING SHE WAS. THE FIRST COUPLE OF MONTHS WERE VERY DIFFICULT ME BEING THE FATHER I DIDN'T REALLY GET TOO MUCH OF A SAY IN WHAT WENT ON. THIS ALL OCCURED BECAUSE I WAS NOT REALLY THERE FINANCIALLY BECAUSE I WAS GOING TO COLLEGE ON A FOOTBALL SCHOLARSHIP. BUT AFTER ALL THE STRESS I SOON QUIT THE SPORT AND NOW I AM ATTENDING SCHOOL AT RSI AND I AM WORKING PART TIME. SO LIFE CHANGES AS IT GOES ON AND YOU HAVE TO SET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT. STAY FOCUSED ON YOUR GOALS IN LIFE AND TAKE CARE OF THE MORE IMPORTANT THINGS FIRST.