"Scars" are "Tattoo's" with a better story

As I'm into week two of my I Ho Chuan requirements I'm finding the openings in my timeframe of how to fit in my forms, pushups, sit ups, plus my additional requirements; whether it be first thing out of bed in the morning, continuing when I have a moment at work during lunch or coffee break and/or throughout the day, it seems to be a combination of timing mixed with moments of availability. One of my requirements is to go swimming once a week and this is made more interesting since I don't know how to swim. Being that it's a small world, Sifu Leitz sister is a lifeguard at the pool and during my imitation of the Titanic's last moments, she asked "how was I doing"? Cough, sputter, gurgle, "I'm trying to figure out this swimming thing"!!! She said, "At least your floating, that's a start" and yes it was, lets start with the floating and get the breathing, the balance and the movements as time goes by. After a couple of trips down the water slide and a soak in the hot pool it was time to go. In the change room I started talking with a young man next to me and I couldn't help but notice the scars across his abdomen and chest; they were huge and ran the full width of his body and there was still a waterproof covering with a tube still in his chest, wow. Well, me being me I had to ask. He said that he was born with a defect in his intestines that they had formed into each other and the only way to repair it at the time was to remove the whole lower intestine and since he's unable to digest food he is fed through a tube. At the time they said he wasn't supposed to make a year so they did what they felt necessary and here he was 23 years later! "You sure showed them" didn't you (and I think in the back of my mind I visualized giving the Grim Reaper the finger)!! He said not many people knew of his condition as he didn't let this stop him in any way with the things he wanted to do in his life. He talked about in the near future getting a transplant and getting to eat real food like everyone else. We shook hands, introduced ourselves and wished each other well in whatever lay ahead for each of us, wow what a story!! As I finished off my night at Famoso with an appetizer followed by soup and a sandwich I savoured every bite. I looked up at the big screen televisions and saw some MMA advertising and thought "whatever", tonight, I think I met "a real fighter". Robert. http://sihingtymchuk.blogspot.ca/