If. . . you keep trying. A swimmers story.
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If. . . you keep trying. A swimmers story.
I am 13 year old. I am short. I am brave. I am a girl. I am a swimmer. I am Oceana Orianna. And this is the story of my life.
I've always loved swimming, back far as I can remember. Sometimes it feels like I was born to swim. Like swimming found me. But the thing is that nothing is easy. Swimming is not easy. Life is not easy. You fail you succeed. You are happy you are sad. Some fail more than others, some succeed earlier than others, but that's just life. And there's just one solution. . . You've got to keep trying, keep trying until you succeed.
Oceana loves swimming. Swimming is her life. Day after day, training after training. One day she's decides to take a big step. To do every swimmers dream. To go to the Olympics. But the first few weeks of training are hard, harder than she thought. She thinks that's what it's just like, the first few weeks will be hard but once she gets use to it , it'll get easier? But will it ?. . . If it gets too hard will she give up on every swimmers dream or will she keep fighting, keep swimming and keep trying?
💕Inspired by a true story.💕
⭐️ Nadia, hope you enjoy. ⭐️
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