Michael the Guardian Angel

My name is Michael Thomas Moody.  My parents put a lot of thought in what they were going to name me, this is because they had to name two at the same time and their were certain aspects that they wanted to have present in both of our names.  My mother grew up in a very strong Catholic household and has passed on her faith to myself and the rest of my family.  My parents gave me the name Michael after an angel, the angel was regarded as the proctector of lives (http://www.catholic.org/saints/saint.php?saint_id=308.) , my parents found this very unique and a good aspect of the Catholic faith they wanted represented in my name.  I recieved my middle name from my grandfather, the choice by my parents to name me after him is very important to me and something I respect a lot.  My grandfather was a very prevalent person in my life that tought me many things and was also very influential in my life as a Catholic.  My last name is also a very unique aspect of my life,  it allows me to see where my heritage is through seeing where my relatives come from to see where our family once originated.  The choices of my parents have helped and will always help identify who I am.

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I think that there is multiple areas in my life where I could be "two" completely different things.  I think one of the biggest areas that this is prevalent is participating in a tennis team, in high school, and hopefully in college.  Most people see tennis as an individual sport, which at the professional level is a very individual sport.  Playing on a team helps show the two different areas of tennis.  As an individual on a team it is your job to win your match, but as a member of the team it is your job to help your teammates and lift them up to help the team overall win as a match.  Both of these areas of a tennis team I have learned over my time of participating are both very influential in the ability to be a succesful team.  As I have become an upperclassmen on the high school team I have learned how it's the responsibility of us to help the underclassmen be succesful, and as a starter how it is important for me to win my match individually.  These two aspects I have also learned will be even more important on a college tennis team while on my visits with coaches and some college players.