Tuesday 16 May 2006 – Crowning Glory

I am not looking for medals or a big pat on the back but sometimes I don’t think people understand how something as insignificant as rolling a weighted ball across a hump backed square of well mowed lawn really is. I am of course talking about playing a game of crown green bowls.

Today I took the advice of my Physio and got out onto the green for a practice game of bowls. I played two and won both! Bare in mind here that it was only seven weeks ago that I had major surgery, and face the return of Cancer, and here I am playing a game I love, outdoors in the fresh air and winning. [21-14 and 21-12]

I could’ve taken to the bottle and drowned my sorrows several weeks back had I a mind to, but no I played bowls, not a miracle, not even a very big feat in comparison to what others have had to overcome and then endure as part of a fight back, but no matter how small this may appear to others it made me feel good and whole again: even though I had to take several rests during the game.

I need to get better quickly if I have to face more treatment, if I don’t I have to get good at bowls to be the best I can.