I am a mom to a wonderful young ‘boy man’ called Bastian Atreyu (If you are as old as I am you will remember a movie called the Never Ending Story...the name should ring those bells). Bastian is a very unique child, as like all children, unique in their own way, however Bastian was born with a rare gene and is now one of 6 children in the world; he has agenesis of the brain, which affect his Corpus Callosum, which in turn affects his processing, speech, everyday tasks and a million other normal day to day functioning’s. He can’t read or write, and never will; however it’s taken 8 years to teach him to be able to write his name and more recently his surname, if that is all he can manage I have done my job. Born and raised in Zimbabwe/Rhodesia, educated in South Africa, eldest of 3 sisters, and daughter to the late Barry aka ‘Jersey’ SA’s chemical Paint Specialist. I am a survivor of the most horrific traumas yet ‘liver’ of the most amazing professional career highs. Ex Swimmer, Tennis Freak, Extreme Foodie, BBQ Queen and Humanist & Extreme Sports Freak - Nothing beats running 160 miles through the Sahara Desert in 53 Degrees heat in 96 hours.

What is swimming 22 Miles in a Pool? Well, I will be swimming to recover and re-coup from a shoulder replacement operation. Rock On I say, nothing like pushing self to reach new highs, whilst helping those who cant even walk.

I am dedicating this to my ex-lover and boyfriend Robert who taught me it is not just being paralysed - its what you can achieve whilst being paralysed.