BIG GOAL

Hi guys,
Sorry for not blogging for a long time. I hope everybody have a wonderful Christmas and a Happy New Year!
This is a blog when I want to open up my self to you. My all family and friends are a big part of my life. From my childhood until now I saw my sisters and I always look up to them.  I had my own life to live and I always wanted to give a big thank to my parents for not seeing me as someone who has a disability. They see me like a normal person. I have a mind of my own and what I am is because of them. They never stopped me of living my life. 
 Four years ago when I had a stroke. After that I lost my independence and I never get it back. Now I feel like I am getting back my whole self. If this happened to you, how would you react? It had a big impact on my life and I felt like I lost myself, but today I feel like I am back on track. 
I am swimming two times a week for three hours because I am going to swim across the Kelowna Lake in BC in July 18, 2020. This is a big goal that I have after my stroke. I always pick big goals. Me and my best friend thought about it couple of years ago; we wanted to do it together, and then we forgot about it. In April this year, I got back in the water to build my strength and I told my worker that I want to do the swim across the lake. So, I signed up for it. Starting now, I have 212 days, 15 hours and 8 minutes to get ready for the big event. For me it means that I get back to my own self. 
Last week I was Athlete of the Week at CTV News. They came and filmed me, my worker and my roommate during my swimming time. It was the first time in my life when somebody told me that I am a great athlete, but I don't feel like one. I am just trying to achieve my goal. 
I want to thank to my whole family and all my friends and my worker for always being there for me and behind me. 

Here is the link of the interview at CTV News.
 https://calgary.ctvnews.ca/video?clipId=1854714&binId=1.1201975&playlistPageNum=1#_gus&_gucid=&_gup=Facebook&_gsc=4sQ2YlP

Look at this picture that I found!

I am looking at the picture of me standing on beach in Hawaii. I don’t know that person anymore; who stands up on her own. I had a dream that I would be able to walk one day by myself. After years of trying I found out that my dream to walk would never come true. I let myself down because I wanted to be the first person to get out of my wheelchair and walk away from my disability.... But that never happened. I had a mini stroke 3 years ago and ever since that happened I’ve had a fear of falling. My body stopped working. Over the last two years I have had a lot of pain in my lower back so I went to the doctor and a chiropractor for help. As it turns out, my left hip sits higher than my right hip! I now have to wear a brace all day everyday. 

I have a lot of goals that I would like to do in my life and I never take the time to think about if I can do it. When people tell me “No, you cannot do it” I don’t listen to them and do it to prove them wrong.  I would love to see myself stand up on my own; and maybe one day I will. There is a big goal that I’m working toward next summer, I want to swim across the Okanagan lake next summer! Nothing will stand in my way anymore, I will fight to get my life back!!!

2019 Plans

Good day everybody,

I hope everybody have a good year. I had a good couple of months already. I went on a cruise to Mexico and Hawaii. I met a couple of people on the cruise. I did my second year of skiing with CADS for people who have a disability. It was fun! It was seven weeks Saturday night. Last weekend it was the last one. We went to Norquay. I will do it again next year.

For the rest of my year I will try to make a movie, but before I will take an online course at the public library called " Creating a short film". I have couple of ideas about what I want it to be about. I want to show to the world that a person like me can achieve whatever she wants. I see myself strong and capable of lots of things, but I am always wondering how people see me. So, after making this movie I will be interested in your reaction about it.
https://adage.com/creativity/work/how-do-you-see-me/46014?fbclid=IwAR2hkrSWbFgmkmqQrs3-EePHrTOM17OPKEkDzLVVtvfmCv-TVvs22I6xsuM

I am working on a story and after I want to get it published or make it public in some way.