On April 23 she performed on stage at the Capitol Theater.
On April 24 she fell down a steep flight of stairs at Fort Cooke and broke her wrist in two places.
In the words of my sister Crystal, "...when life throws you lemons you should make lemon bars, lemon curd, lemon tarts, lemon sherbet, lemon cupcakes and my favorite, good old fashion lemonade!"
And so she did.
Notice the VIP treatment with dear 'ole mom washing her hair in the sink. That lasted about a week. Then she moved on to her own style pass at the salon.
She continued to dance as well as play treble clef only on the piano, accompanied by 9 weeks of serious music theory study with her piano teacher Bridget, who wouldn't hear of taking time off for a broken wrist.
She was able to attend Youth Conference and Girls Camp...
She finished up drivers ed and made the blue sweatshirt (above) and the white dress (below) in sewing class.
And continue life as any normal teenage girl would.
The one thing she had to give up for a few weeks before she couldn't stand it any longer was tennis. She went out on the court anyway, cast and all, and worked on her forehand. Her signature stroke, the two handed backhand, took a THIRTEEN week hiatus and she was forced to run around the ball or slice and change up her game drastically. Her non LDS coach said to me the other day, "Well, I guess you could call this, how would you say, a blessing?" Hilarious, coming from our somewhat serious coach Mark. Who knew taking away use of her left hand would build confidence in her forehand, improve her back hand slice and break tennis habits that had no other possible way of being corrected.
She took off her removable cast a few weeks ago, still not able to fully bend or use her left hand and signed up for a local tournament and wouldn't you know it, she won the whole darn thing in her age group. Yes, we believe in a having a few lemons thrown our way every now and then. The results can be quite delicious.
Love you Analisa. You are my hero!
2 comments:
Good for you, Analisa. There's no stopping that girl. Congrats!
WOW!!! What a trooper and DEFINITELY a blessing in disguise!!! Watch out--that girl will go FAR in life with her talent and that kind of determination!! So awesome!
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