It’s been 5 days since i’ve started on my journey towards independence – I’m a different person today then I was two weeks ago – and as good of a writer as I know I am I think the song by Leann Rimes  called We Can says it best:

They’ll try to stop the dream we’re dreamin’
But they can’t stop us from believing
They will fill your head with doubt
But that won’t stop us now
So let them say we can’t do it
Put up a road block
We’ll just run right through it.. Cause…

We can, do the impossible
We have the power in our hands
And we won’t stop ’cause we’ve got
To make a difference in this life
With one voice, one heart, two hands, we can

They say the odds are stacked against us
But that can’t hold us back, we will be relentless
There’s a voice they’re gonna hear
A voice so loud and clear
So let them say we can’t do it, give us a mountain,
and we’re gonna move it.. cause..

We can, do the impossible
We have the power in our hands, and we won’t stop
Cause we’ve got to make a difference in this life
With one voice, one heart, Two hands, we can

We’re gonna make a change today (make a change today)
Because we’ve got the faith it takes
To win this race, so let them say we can’t do it
Put up a road block
And we’ll just run right through it cuz..

We can, do the impossible
We have the power in our hands and we won’t stop
Cos we’ve got to make a difference in this life
With one voice, one heart Two hands, we can

I can (oh I can)
Do the impossible (do the impossible)
I have the power in my hands, and I won’t stop
Cause I’ve got to make a difference in this life
With my one voice, one heart, two hands, we can

It’s 11:54 AM on day 5 of my journey towards independence and I’ve already eaten my breakfast – 1 eggs and 2 pieces of brown-bread – and I’ve managed to wheel myself approximately 1 metre further than I did yesterday – I was a little frustrated that I couldn’t turn the chair around – I had entered the sitting room in reverse – but tommorrow is a brand new and I will learn how to turn my wheelchair come hell or high-water because I’m no quitter.

“If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant; if we did not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.” -Anne Bradstreet – I feel like I’ve finally left winter behind and entered spring 🙂