Coupeville Sports

The Unsinkable Ema Smith.

Irrepressible.

In the relatively short time Ema Smith has been a part of Wolf Nation, she has taken the place by storm.

The Coupeville High School freshman, who celebrates a birthday today, always seems to be one of the happiest people in all the land.

Pick any of her sports (soccer, basketball, softball), plop her down in her church youth group or stick her in the middle of a CHS student cheering section, and she’s hard to miss.

Ema’s smile, the sheer joy that leaps from her soul every day in everything she does, is electric.

It picks up her teammates and friends, injects life into her teams and lets everyone who crosses paths with her come away feeling better about the universe as a whole.

Ema always seems to be genuinely enjoying her life, and that love for what she’s doing makes it really easy for Wolf fans to root for her.

Smith is a gifted athlete, but there are a lot of gifted athletes who are sourpusses and Debbie Downers.

Not Ema.

Joy is an admirable quality to have, and when she and her family moved to Coupeville, we won the lottery.

She loves to be at the heart of photos, and I love to run tons of photos, so even more of a win-win.

I don’t know Ema as well as some of her fellow athletes, especially the ones who grew up bouncing down the aisles at Videoville, but I do know this — we are very lucky to have her as part of our town.

Happy birthday, Miss Smith. May your joy continue to grow every day.