This no doubt has been the most difficult years of
my teens. I was prepared to move away from home and start my college experience
away abroad but it ended up being a disaster. Through these hard times I have
learned to be more accepting and as cliché as it sounds I have learned to rise
above. I cannot control the people around me, and even though I want to, I
cannot make anyone change against their will. One thing that helps me stay
positive and remember my goals is my mother, she is the most inspirational
woman in my life, and the best role model a girl could as for. After playing
volleyball at the University of Hawaii for 4 years and having a very successful
volleyball career she moved to California. In California she learned how to
paddle, she started outrigger canoe racing and completely fell in love. My
mother lived in California for many years before coming back to Canada. Years
later she met my father and they had two children, my brother (21), and me
(18). After she had kids she stopped paddling, she wanted to stay at home with
us (her kids). My mom took my brother and me everywhere! Skating, skiing, bike
riding, anything she could think of, and then she worked at night. I spent
almost all of my childhood with my mom, my brother races motocross and has
since he was four so that was what we did, drive and drive and drive! My father
drove over 300,000 km driving my family across Canada and into the United
States so my brother could race. The boys had their bikes and motocross friends
and I had my mom.
My parents separated in middle school and after that my mom started
paddling again. After eighteen years of raising kids and motocross she was
doing something for herself. Now she is doing great! Still racing
competitively (all kinds of boats), she is going to the World Sprints for the second year in a row.
This year the races are in Hungary and I am going with her to watch, I could
not be more proud of her. She will be celebrating her fiftieth birthday this
year and she is in better shape than I am which is so inspiring. My mother will
always be the person I look up to most, she pushes her self more than anyone I
and she would do absolutely anything for her kids. Thinking of her and her success has been one of the biggest reasons I was able to make it through this year.
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| UofH volleyball team #7 |
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| Outrigger Second from the left. |
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| Dragon Boat 2012 World Sprints Fifth from the front. |
wow! That is so amazing that your mom is successful in what she enjoys. She is an inspiring woman setting an example that you can do whatever it is you want to do.
ReplyDeleteCongrats to your mom on going to the world sprints for the second time! I as well know exactly how you feel about moving away from my parents, well mother. It is extremely hard but calling her and texting her everday makes the pain go away. But your mother is truly an inspiring women. Especially for doing what she loved after so many years and not giving it up. I may not know your mother personally but from your post, she is an extraordinary women and you are extremely blessed.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations Jessica Sewell for the wonderful mother you have! Keep following her path and you will be very successful in life.
ReplyDeleteThat is so awesome to have a mom you consider your bestfriend. I think doing activities like that are great its something i plan to do when i have a family, maybe not as well as it seems your mom does it but something like it.
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