This is the track where for one day I was able to make an impact on one young man's life. His name was Austin and he was apart of the special education class that I had the opportunity to go and help out for the afternoon. Austin was not able to speak or move on his own but what he was able to do was smile and he sure did that. The class went down to the track for outside time where they spend time walking around the track and enjoying the beauty of the outdoors. While we were outside the gym class had come outside as well to run laps for their class. Austin saw all those kids running and he wanted to be right there with him. What started out as a nice walk quickly turned into a jog.

There was a point when the gym class was done running and we were on our final lap before we had to go back inside. It was a race to the finish line at this point. The gym class had set up a finish line for us and they were cheering him on as the band was playing in the background. Austin and I were neck and neck and when he pulled ahead at the end the gym class erupted and the band started playing so loud and then the best thing happened. Austin had the biggest smile on his face that I had ever seen and it made me so happy I knew right then and there that I had made a difference in his life and he did the same for me. He couldn't stop smiling and by the time I had to leave I was sad to go but we both got an experience that we would never forget.