Your Achievements

[farmer_ben]

Ginja, woh that was an emotional read and i dont even know you. you should be very very proud of yourself, like others have said previously. all the best for the future

 

Ben

[felixthelogchopper]

Nice one, Ginja. Well done and hope things continue in the same vein for you with regards to success

[likeitorlumpit]

Brilliant Ginja..

sink or swim. You certainly swam

[David Goss]

What makes me proud to be me? I'm a loyal friend, an honest businesswoman, and I climb like someone light a fire under my bum.

 

Five years ago I was spending my time sat in an office. Then my other half, a tree botherer of great skill, got cancer and left for another world. He left me a broken heart, a mortgage, a chipper, van, four saws and some loyal friends in the business. So it was lose the house or run the business. I ran the business, watched people climb and listened intently. Now I run a rather successful little business and the trees other climbers chicken out of, I do. I'm in the third year of the FdSc Arb Online and I have a fiance who was a PE teacher...now he's budding arboriculturalist, climbing like I light a fire under his bum.

What makes me proud about this? I could have given in, I could have gone under, but I loved a man who in his last days of fighting gave me the inspiration to continue his business in his name, and friends with over 20years worth of experience who I now consider as family. I could have been bitter, I could've lost the ability to love. But I found a man I was happy to share these achievements with and who is able to understand why the busness is in another mans name.

And, I hate to say it, but I'm a girl in a male dominated world. When they turn round and go 'what? you? the climber?' I show them what I have learnt, what I can do and they respect me & trust that I will never let them down as an arboriculturalist.

So, I am very, very proud of those I have known, those I know, this industry and myself.

I may be in spout-y mode as its late on a saturday night and I've been looking at survey schedules. Sorry!

 

Great stuff and very inspirational.

[Big J]

Hugely humbling story there Ginga - welcome to Arbtalk!

 

Entirely not as impressive, but for a good few years I lifted weights culminating in a season (2007) of competing in strongman competitions before my digestive system decided it to pack in. A couple of pictures:

 

 

 

Sadly, I don't seem to have as many pictures from then as I thought I did!

[David Goss]

so thats why your called BIG J! all that strong man stuff you would think you would use a real mans saw in the woods insted of those little toy ones you use:001_tt2:

[Ginja]

Cheers chaps, I like to make an entrance!

Thanks for the messages of support, you're a good bunch!

We all have to face something at sometime in our lives. What I went through is nothing compared to what Nick and his family are going through, so I wish them all well and have my fingers and toes crossed.

[farmer_ben]

Cheers chaps, I like to make an entrance!

Thanks for the messages of support, you're a good bunch!

We all have to face something at sometime in our lives. What I went through is nothing compared to what Nick and his family are going through, so I wish them all well and have my fingers and toes crossed.

 

 

like this a lot

[Dave D]

inspirational story ginja, and good reason to be proud.