Right, let's get this all out of the way shall we?
My name is Vanessa and i'm 27 years of age.
I'm a shy but friendly person who likes animals and nature more then i like destructive humans and i try everyday to live a life that doesn't impact negatively on this earth. Does that mean i'm a Saint? No, but at least i try and i am trying to be as, aware as possible.
I live in Melbourne. I was born and raised here and although i had plans a while ago to go live in Germany whilst pursuing my Degree, i can't imagine living anywhere else.
I've been to many cities and towns through out Australia and none even come close to matching Melbourne. As for what the rest of the world has to offer... Well i'm yet to find out but i still can't see it being better then what i already have here.
I have a Polish, German and Russian heritage with some Spanish and Italian thrown in there along the lines too. My Ancestry takes me back to Wales and Scotland. So naturally, i'm curious to visit ALL of these places someday.
I have 3 older brothers and being the only girl and also the youngest, yes i will admit, I WAS VERY SPOILT!
*giggles*
However i didn't abuse that fact and it actually allowed for me to mature faster then most people my age, as i was always at their level just trying to keep up or higher, trying to compete with them.
Believe me, when i needed to be knocked down or slapped back into place, one of my brother's was always there to happily do it!
With that being said though, i can honestly and whole heartedly say i am very close to my brothers and even though we are all VERY different people with very different interests/careers in life, we all seem to get along without too much trouble.
My mother is my Hero.
I don't even have to think twice about that. I'm very close with her, as are all my brothers. We didn't have a hard/sad childhood but it wasn't a picnic either. She raised us 4 children all by herself since i was the age of 5. I'm so proud of this fact that i don't hide it!
I've had the stigma of coming from a single parent family my whole life. But i can tell you right now that every single one of us children and my mother, have achieved so much in life and contribute a hell of a lot to our community.
Still to this day i can't see how she was able to do so. She has always been there for us whilst always working and sacrificing so much to put our needs first. It amazes me now, when i'm old enough to understand it all, how much she gave up for us and just how hard she worked.
So mum, i salute, admire and love you!
I'm qualified in Tourism Management although it wasn't the path i decided on taking. I took a break from University hoping to live a little of life through working and travelling before checking off another goal of studying Business Law/Human Resource Management. Unfortunately things didn't work out that way.
Whilst working to save up some money to study overseas, i injured myself at work. Unfortunately for me it was something that would change my life forever. I injured my Spine.
That was in July 2002.
It's funny how fast a person's life can change.
How fast my life changed.
I went from being the person with a steady and reasonable income, a million friends, a brilliant social life, guys falling at my feet, sporting interests and a healthy interest in life to someone with no income, barely any friends, no social life, ok guys still bug me and a life just full of hopes, dreams and aspirations. The worst part is not knowing whether or not ANY of those hopes, dreams and aspirations will ever be fulfilled.
So anyway, life goes on and my fulltime job now and for the last 4 years, as well as the rest of my life, will be concentrating on getting better.
I can say i've had my ups and downs with this injury of mine, but i'm pretty much at a stand still now. My goal now is to maintain my injury at this level so that it doesn't get any worse and hopefully over time and with a lot of hard work and patience, i might improve.
I'm just grateful everyday that i'm not in a wheelchair and i still have use of my legs.
I'm not normally this open and honest. I usually keep everything locked away deep inside so no one knows what i'm thinking or feeling. But something tells me that the sooner i let everyone know about these certain aspects of my life, the happier i'll be.
I was always taught never to judge a book by it's cover and yet people, everyday of my life, from past and present, have always done that to me. Let's see if the 'pages' i've supplied to the 'cover' of my 'book' keep people around or turn them away...
So that's it!
I'm me.
You either like it or lump it.
But i'm certainly not going to go out of my way to please people or try to prove anything to them anymore. I've had enough of that in my short life already and quite frankly:
I LOVE WHO I AM!
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