Inspirational and more than brave……

What an amazing lady with such a inspirational story! This story is proof that you can achieve anything you put your mind and efforts into. Talking about past traumas and hardships is never easy especially when often the natural way of trying to deal with them is to try push them aside, try not to think about them, forget them (some do and some never can), never discus them, etc… it is the the natural ways in which so many of us try and survive the trauma and not allow it to swallow us. Oksana has bravely discussed her past traumas in this book and through doing this readers are able to understand her so much more. Readers can be inspired that no matter how much trauma you have encountered you can still aim and achieve goals! Oksana even shows that physical ailments and injuries can’t even stop you from achieving your goals once your mind and heart are set on achieving them. Through reading Oksana’s story I feel no pity for her only absolute admiration and respect. Speaking about her childhood friend Laynie (I’m not sure of the spelling of that name as I listened to the audiobook) was understandably hard for Oksana, however by doing so she gave life to Laynie in the way of allowing this book to bring life to the memory of such a brave and protective little girl, forever! I have no doubt at all that Laynie would be so very proud of Oksana’s many achievements. I think Oksana should be proud of every single one of her medals, many people thought she could not do it let alone win so many medals of so many things. Oksana’s book shows that you can turn a negative emotion such as anger into a positive and constructive force, allowing self construction instead of self destruction and this is a mighty important thing to learn. This book is going to help so many people and has the capacity to turn many lives around for the better. Well done Oksana! This book deserves a gold medal.

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