Anita Rahim lives her dream lifeBy Fareeza HaniffSometimes in life, most of us take the little things that we have been blessed with for granted, and do not stop to think for a moment that others live without these same things on a daily basis.But for 66-year-old Anita Rahim, that is not the case, as at the early age of five, Anita found out that she was visually impaired.A cheerful Anita Rahim gives her best smile for the camera.During an interview with Kaieteur News yesterday at her David Street, Kitty home, Anita said that all her life she has been visiting various eye specialists in order to restore the vision in her eyes, but this has so far proven futile.Anita explained that growing up she used to see blurred images all the time.According to her, despite the fact that she was not seeing well,http://www.soccerpro.us.com/Argentina/, neither she nor her parents knew that she was going blind.Anita said that she soon began wearing glasses, and as she grew older, contact lens. At the age of 21, she decided to get married to her now dead husband,http://www.theworldsoccersshop.com/Belgium-Jordan-Lukaku-Jersey.html, Frank Rahim, for whom she bore eight children, two of which have passed on before her.According to the woman, she lost total vision in both her eyes, shortly after delivering her first child.“I sat down nursing the baby and suddenly so, my eyes went blur, so I said what is this, I am not seeing and then I went to the eye specialist, and then I started to take treatment,” Anita said.While some people would have been bitter if fate had dealt them such a hand,Andre Branch Dolphins Jersey, this resilient woman says she does not feel as if she has been robbed of anything in her life.She is of the view that other people should look at her situation and be thankful that they can see the sun, the moon, the stars and the many other things which make the world a beautiful place. “I do not feel or think that I have been robbed of anything in my life. Maybe it’s just a way of God letting this happen to show other people that well, it can happen to anybody, so they must learn to cherish what they have,” Anita said.However, she does regret that she was not able to pursue her lifelong dream of becoming a flight attendant.She pointed out that her doctor advised her that her kind of disability was not compatible with the profession and as such, she never got the chance to do what she wanted to do.Despite this, Anita managed to move on with her life and sought to pursue the dream of becoming a nurse.This too did not materialise, after the ward sister at of a city hospital told Anita that as a result of her disability, this would not be possible, since she would not be able to dispense medications or write charts. “When I was told that, I was down and out. I started crying because I wanted to become a nurse. I ask if there wasn’t anything I could do in the line of nursing,Gordon Hayward Jersey, and it was then that I was given the opportunity to be a nurse’s aid and I accepted it.”Anita noted that she remained in that position for five years,Teemu Selanne Ducks Throwback Jersey, where she fed patients, made their beds and was satisfied and happy with what she was doing.In this regard,Atlanta Falcons Jersey, she advised other persons with disabilities not to wallow in self pity simply because they are differently able, but to believe in themselves, and to have the faith that they can make their dreams come true, if they put their hearts into achieving it.Anita explained that she is happy and satisfied with her accomplishments, since she did not allow her blindness to get in the way of making her dreams come true. However, being visually impaired is not the only disability that Anita has to deal with, as approximately six years ago she suffered a stroke and has not been able to walk since.Currently, she is in a wheel chair and can hardly move around. Her six children take care of her financially and the two that live with her assists her on a daily basis. A resident of Kitty all her life, she migrated with her family to Aruba and returned to Guyana when she was 17 years old .At 21, she got married and lived at Mackenzie, Linden with her husband, who died in 1988.A normal day for Anita starts from 6:00 hrs when she takes her breakfast, and medications, while she listens to the radio and has her brother read the newspapers for her so that she can keep in touch with what’s happening around her. The rest of the day is spent quietly with her children and grandson.
