Catch Up Time...

I feel like it's been months since I've updated this blog. So much has been going on! I had another MRI a while back on my other knee just to be sure everything was ok. Thankfully, there are NO tears or anything that would require surgery! (Phew!) The not so happy news is I have severe chondromalacia. Thankfully all I need is more PT. 

So I've been doing intensive PT - for both knees and my back - and dancing dancing and more dancing! 

I also helped with JKing Dance Company's first online auction, where we raised close to $6,000! I am so honored and proud to be a member of JKDC! 

Speaking of JKDC, we will have our first full evening of work in May 2012 in NYC! For more information, check out www.JoyceKingDance.com 

And yes, I'm still fighting to SAVE OUR SOAPS! 

I love my life here in NYC - I am crazy busy with dance and work but you know what....I love everything I do....I love being a dancer and I LOVE dancing for JKing Dance Company!

"THANKS!!! to all that have bid and to those who donated items to help fund JKing Dance's Company's full evening of Work in May 2012!! You have all blown my mind at your generosity! and support! AMAZING!!" -Joyce King

"Dear Dreamers, today your one day closer. Don't give up! It's already written!!!!"

-Nafessa Williams

One Life Master Mix

The DANCE

Your Daily Gratitude

Wednesday November 9, 2011 

Your Daily Gratitude - from THE JOYFUL HEART FOUNDATION:

“When you express gratitude, you will bring joy to others’ lives. When others know joy, your life will be filled with happiness.”

-Arthur Dobrin

Soul Champions

"Imagine the one thing you love to do the most. Now imagine, out of nowhere, something happens and you realize you many never be able to do it again. How do you feel? Sad? Angry? Shell-shocked? For me, the answer was all of the above." - Bethany Hamilton

Rebecca Bross *update*

Rebecca Bross had surgery August 25th to reset and re-stabilize her right kneecap. She is expected to be out for 2 months and then back to the gym! (Rebecca was injured on vault during night 2 at the Visa Championships 2011)

GET WELL SOON! WE LOVE YOU! xoxo

SOUL SURFER

So I haven't updated in forever - and since I am stuck inside because of Hurricane Irene and since I still have power, I thought now's as good a time as any! :)

After I started dancing in January, things were going well...my knee was still hurting but getting stronger every day. Then summer came and with it, pain in my back. After having Xrays and an MRI, I found out I have some minor tears, bulges and herniated discs. So back to intensive PT I went where I upped the exercises for my knee and back. Things started to get better until a few weeks ago where I couldn't go from sitting to standing without sharp pain in my non-surgical knee. So for the past 2 weeks I've been going to trigger point therapy. It's been painful and bruising but it's helping. 

So, I continue to be grateful for every single day I get to dance and I'm grateful for all the possibilities that lie ahead. The storm this weekend has left me, and thousands of others, basically stranded at home with no MTA service and no open stores, so it has forced me to rest. So, for the first time in (who knows) how long, I ordered a movie on demand. 

If you want to watch an unbelievably inspiring story, go see SOUL SURFER. It is my new favorite movie, and applies to anyone out there who has a passion that no matter what happens to you, you will never stop doing what you love. 

These quotes from the movie basically say it all for me - while I didn't lose a limb last summer, I can relate with the knee surgery and everything that went along with it:

"I don't need easy, I just need possible"

"I wouldn't change what happened to me because then I wouldnt have this chance in front of all of you - this chance to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms"

"I was born to surf. This is why I wake up at the crack of dawn every day. This is why I endure belly rashes, reef cuts, muscle so tired they feel like needles... and I've learned that life is a lot like surfing. When you get caught in the impact zone, you need to get right back up because you never know what's over the next wave. And if you have faith, anything is possible... anything at all."

"The end.....is just the beginning"