5 Chapter 5

“It’s okay,” calls the instructor. “This is the fun bit.”

“I worried about that bit too,” cries Anika, “but it’s fine, honestly.”

Despite being a novice and having a spinal injury, Anika made abseiling look easy. She didn’t flinch when she set off and continued to slide smoothly to the ground as if she’d done it all her life. Anika tackled abseiling with the same gusto she uses for all life’s challenges—head-on with a smile on her face. She’s amazing, a force to be reckoned with.

Bizarrely, she says the same of me but I’m not so sure about that. I’m a thirty-eight-year-old slightly overweight woman still working out who I am. How is that the same as her?

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