Canada's Birthday

Being around a group of people who have made great sacrifices and commitment to be a part of our country was a very humbling experience today. I love that I am a Canadian and I am very proud of our country and I am glad that we make room for folks from other countries to come here and prosper. I had never been to a citizenship ceremony before and I am likely to attend more in the future, it was an awe-inspiring event.
Hanging out with the Horse team today was also very humbling. It is easy to forget that there is a whole group of people working just as hard as you are to be amazing until you spend several hours together and then it becomes glaringly apparent that you are not alone and some surprising people share some of the same struggles.  What a great day!
I know that many of us set out to do 1000 push ups (kicks) and sit ups, I didn't make it. I had some stuff to do after we were done at the park and I totally lost my momentum. The rest of the day seemed to entail recovering from the lengthy time spent outside. I will definitely be more focused tomorrow :)
We didn't quite make it to the fireworks, Katie is taking a summer school course and needed to do some school work in order to stay on her schedule. That young lady has more discipline that anyone else I have ever met, she is determined that she is going to be successful and she works hard every day to ensure that it happens. I know that she will succeed at everything that she puts her mind to!

Sifu Robyn Kichko
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