Conquer Fear, Become Free

Tell us about your leg. You were using a cane and used to be a dancer.

For eight years. My leg never healed. It was shattered by the assault rifle. I'd been using a cane throughout my 20s, which is really sad, because all I wanted to do was be a dancer. Dancing was like my freedom. It was my dream, passion, my love. And I got shot in a nightclub when I was out dancing. And I felt like my dreams were destroyed. I thought that it would be impossible to actually heal my leg because it was very real. I had a hole in my leg. I got surgery eight years later to get a rod and screws in my leg. So still couldn't walk comfortably, still could never run, still couldn't dance comfortably. And now I do everything. I play soccer. People kick me in the leg, and I don't give a shit because it's so strong. I teach belly dance. I run, I dance everywhere. All the time. I feel whole. That was something that was missing from my life for so long.