Day Two Hundred and Thirty Two: Strengthening

I’m getting stronger.

So, when I was seventeen I did something very stupid. Inline skating should really be reserved for a daytime activity, I decided that nine pm was of course, the perfect time to go out and skate. The result, after a run in with a car that turned out to be a police vehicle, was tearing out a chunk of my kneecap. This injury officially ended whatever career I wanted to have in dance or fencing.

So, it has been almost seven years since I was stupid (I’ve been stupid plenty of other times) and aside from being diagnosed with depression (twice) and then Crohn’s disease (but no depression this time, so score!) I have been getting better. After some extensive and expensive physical therapy on my knee, I can actually hike without it bothering me too much. My legs are stronger than ever and now that I’ve broken in my Converse (because I’m too poor for dance shoes) I can actually do point on BOTH feet now.

So what do I want to do with this new found strength? I’m not sure yet. I would really love to go back to the gym. I would love to do parkour again and train again. I run a little bit and walk a lot, I dance whenever I have the time and the right floor to do so (#thingsIdoatworkinsteadofworking.)

Right now I’m just enjoying that I have strength to keep going.

Challenge to my Readers:

Get strong, be tough and keep going. The world is full of challenges, but all of them can be overcome.