My Fantasy Adventures List

Lately I have been kind of stressing about leaving highschool. I've been a bit afriaid of the unknown. All throughout childhood your kind of told what to do and what's right and wwhat's wrong. Then when you grow up, hopefully you will be able to think for yourself. I am not the best decision maker. I kind of just follow along with all the basic rules. I'm worried that when I get out of highschool and into the real world, I won't have anybody to listen to and I wont kno what to do with myself. That, and I am not fond of the idea of growing up. I admire little kids because of their innocence and their childlike wonder. It's harder to keep up that childlike wonder when you get older, with everything thst goes on in life, even though, we shouldf all try. owver, no matter how hard we try, we can't stop getting older. it's enevitable. Anyway, today, instead of dwelling on what is going to happen with me in the future, I decided to look on the positive side today Today I would like to have a bit of fun and write about all the stuff I would like to be able to do to make the pefect future for me. I'm going to write down ten things I would really like to do either before or after I graduate highschool. Now, some of these ideas may not be that reallistic or crazy but I care. I just want to put them out there. I think writing more then ten thing is going on to long. It feels like your rambling. Ten's a good number. I'll stick with ten! Hope you like my ideas! 1. Rowing- I think I mentioned before in my Rick Hansen Relay blog about my friend Dave Penner who was there with his wife, prensenting a adaptive row boat. They want to start an adaptive rowing program. I think I mentioned what special adaptations the boat has on the Rick Hansen Relay blog I did. Dave and his wife are realty enthusiastic to get me out there in the water with them in the boat. I'll have to wake up quite early but that won't bother me because I will be excited for a fun filled day on the water. Dave and his wife are really excited to test this out, and I am too. I am always up for trying new things. 2. Travel all over Europe- My dad is from England. He moved here about thirty years ago, I think. He has family there, so when I was two years old my family and I went on a trip to visit them. I don't remember any of it. I would love to go back there to see my Dads family, and where he grew up. I would also like to go there just to tour around and see the history of it. I love the looks of England in pictues and movies. I love the english accent, and the history of england, so I think it would be a really fun place for me to visit. I'd love to go all around Europe . I think that would be amazing. I know, it would be very expesive, but it would be my dream destination if I ever did go sightseeing. Hopefull I will get up to England again atleast. That would be awesome! 3. Wheelchair Curling-- When I was in Vancouver doing some reporting for the 2010 Paralympics, one of the sports I covered was wheelchair curling. That was probably my favorite sport to watch. I really liked the legistics of it. My Parents and I thought it was a game that I could maybe play in the future. You bring a manual wheelchair on the rink. They have special grippers for the ice. Your in a team, and the the person behind you holds your wheelchair steady while it's your turn. You push the rock down the rink with a pole that you hold and it attaches to the handle of the rock. Able bodied people bend down to throw it, so this way it makes it possible for a person sitting in a wheelchair who can't bend down that far. This year, there is talk about starting a wheelchair curling program in our local curling rink as part of the Special Olympic Program. I think I should get involved in as many adaptive sports as possible. I love to stay active, and the more things I can do, the better. 4. Visit Flanders Fields- I am very interested in history, especially Workd War 1 and 2, even more so, the holocaust. In the third grade, we had to recite In Flanders Fields for the school on a Rememmbrace day Assembly. As the oldest grade in the Primary school, we were in charge of Remmebrace day. Ever since I've heard that poem, I've been wondering what Flanders fields is like. I've seen pictures and it looks like a beautiful spot. I know it sounds strange, but I've always been intrestested in going to a memorial place like that, just to see what it's like. I think I would appreciate it. It would be nice to pay the soliders some more repect too. For all that they have sacrificed to make the world we live in a better place, they deserve it. 5. Horseback Riding- I have riden a horse before but I got preety scared. I really want to try again. Horseback riding is a really good strech for your hamstings, which is great for peope with Cerebral Palsy, because often their hamstringss are really tight. There are people that teach horseback riding to the disabled. They walk right beside the horse to make sure you keep up there all right. I think I would like to ride a horse, so I want to try again. Also, I don't like leaving things off where I didn't do so well. I want to try and make up for the time I got so scared. You should never give up! 6. Visit Ronald Macdonald House- When I go into calgary for appointments at the Childrens hospital, we always drive by the Ronald Macdonald House. It's a place where sick kids and their families stay if they are going to be in the hospital for a long time. I've always been curious what that place was like. I sometimes wonder how kids with cancer or sick kids in the hospital live there lives and what they have to do in order to stay as healthy as they can. My trips to the Childrens hospital are getting fewer and fewer as I get older, thankfully. A lot of people have helped me out throughout my years, so if I could give back to another child in need, that would be great! 7. Take singing lessons- I love music! If there was one talent I really wish I had, it would be singing. I dont want to be a famous singer or anything, I just want to have a nice voice. I want to be able to sing along with the radio with friends or sing lullabys to my kids if I become a parent. There is local choir in town called the Valley Voices. I think it would be a lot of fun to be able to sing with them. Music is a wonderful thing. Songs tell can tell great stories with great messages, and dancing can be a great thing to do with friends to just forget about all your troubles and just dance! I would love to be as musical as I can be! 8. Write another book- When I was in grade 7, Grace and I got a chance to co-publish a book. We got inspired by and author, Bonita Forsyth to write a childrens book. It was a lot of work but it was worth it! When it was ready and printed into a book, one year later,we got to go to Kimberly to present it to a bunch of school children! When i got back home, I presented it to a few classes in my towns middle school. The whole process was a lot of work but a lot of fun! Ever since we finished, people have been asking us if we will ever write another book. I get different story ideas in my head all the time. One day I would like to write a children's book called "Just like Me" It would be about a liile girl who goes to school and sees another little girl in a wheelchair. She wants to be her friend but is a liitle shy because she hasn'rt met anyone in a whhelchir befoe. Throughoyt the book, she realizes that the girl in the wheelchair is just like her, just with some diffrent challenges. I think it would be good to get the message out there for liitle children, to show them that disabled kids are just like anybody else. The only thing is I think the book would have more pictures than words. I would need an illustrator. I wonder if Grace would be interested??? 9. Have a chat with Rick Hansen- I have met Rick Hansen personally once before, briefly. We were coming out of the paralymic opening ceremonies, and there he was , rolling right past us. I got to say hi to him briefly and get my picture taken with him. He was such a nice, down to earth guy. I think now, with the relay, and getting a bit more involved with him, he has become more and more of and inspiration to ne. He doing a lot to try and make a difference in a lot of people's lives. If I got to have a chat with one of my biggest heros again, that would be amazing. 10. Keep Blogging- I have loved doing this blog. I love writing the stories, and then later checking to see how many people have read it! Thankyou to all of you that have! I actually started this a while ago then stopped doing it, and then Grace inspired me to keep it going. I'm not very good at sticking to these thhings for a long, long time, but I will try. I don't know what is in store for me. Like I said, that makes me very nervous! I'm just going to take it day by day and see where life leads me. Big things are happrning! I want to blog all about them. You will just have to wait and see what they are... and so will I!