Post by Kimberly Williams on Feb 22, 2014 8:33:34 GMT -5
Public Journal Entry #1
A New Beginning
Mood: Very Excited
Hello to all who may be reading this across the web but it feels quite good to have started one of these. Who am I? Well… Why are you even bothering to follow this blog of mine if you didn’t know who I am? Relax that is simply a joke. Anyway it feels exciting to have officially started one of these and I can’t wait for everything in the wonderful world of LAW to unfold right before all of us. When this company opened up and it was looking for members to fill it’s starting roster I knew I just had to make myself known into joining here. Because while many others will come here and try to toot their horns about how great they are, and they were pleaded and begged to be apart of this company that really isn’t the case for me.
I am not here because of my great wrestling ability or that I am some great legend who wants to conquer a new place and mold it into their own. I am here to begin anew and to have a new beginning for myself. Who am I? I am Cynthia Murphy-Warren. I am a woman who comes from a small family of four Charlotte, North Carolina. I am a woman who has had the pleasure of obtaining a nursing degree shortly after attending the wonderful school of North Carolina State University… GO WOLFPACK!!! Ok… Don’t laugh at me… I know it’s hard representing my almatta when there are other schools such as Syracuse, North Carolina, Duke, Florida State University, and Miami in the same conference as my school’s. I know this could quickly change into a debate of how I am cheering for the wrong team and I come from a school of losing because of their sports performance in their conference of the ACC…
But that doesn’t shape who I am… You can’t judge me by my school and another thing...A girl has to show pride for her school colors right? So red and black attack all day long.
Anyway before I go about into a ramble or get sidetracked about how great my school is despite some guy from the old wrestling I worked for named A.C. Douglass may pop up and tell me that I have it all wrong as I was saying earlier I am proud to be here in LAW. Because I am one who has come here on the whim of wanting to be here. I come here on the basis of wanting to start anew and I couldn’t be any more happier than to stand in front of you as a member of this roster that just seems to be growing with every passing moment. However I can tell that I am going to have my work cut out for me because I will be centered stage for my first outing in this company. From the beginning I have to step in the ring with a woman who has years of experience over me. I get to step in the ring with a woman who has more titles than I can even count on my fingers, and she seems to have well over 13 years of competing in this business.
That in itself is simply impressive. It’s no secret that she has been doing this a lot longer than I have as I only have been doing this whole wrestling bit for a little over a year. Hell she has more experience as a wrestler than I do as a nurse so that just goes to show you how much she enjoys this craft of wrestling.
Just because I am giving you some praise on sticking to something for a long period of time don’t let me talking you up confuse you. Don’t think for one second that I am afraid of you Kandi because I am not. Do I care that you come from all of these companies that you been apart of? Do I care that you held title after title and what have you? To be perfectly blunt I don’t really care because while that may be part of your wrestling foundation. While that may be a part of what makes you who you are it has no relevance when the two of us will be competing in front of the world in the main event of this very first show.
Because LAW isn;t established yet. This is not your playground where you can roam about and do as you please because people are afraid of your name. This is a brand new place with a lot of new faces and there will be those who will be looking to break out of their shells to make an impact.
They will be willing to break out of the mold of how they were looked upon by the world so that the world can look at them in a whole new light, and that happens to be everything that I am about Kandi. Kandi Washington… A woman who prides herself of trying to be a Queen no matter where she goes. who prides herself of being the first lady of wrestling…
Right… Am I impressed…
Not by any means. I bet you are one of those types who goes from place to place. You compete in all of these companies, you do make it to the top. I won’t question that but the moment you lose. The moment you slip out you are quick to go out the door and try to find a new playground that you just conquer. I seen your type before Kandi. They aren’t good, they aren’t great, they are pretty much mediocre at best. They don’t know how to deal with the cards that the world has dealt them so when the going starts to get tough they simply just run away from their problems instead of facing it head on.
I really don’t like your type and the nurse in me doesn’t want to see you suffering anymore. Suffering from your delusions of grandeur and your overly pompous ways. That’s why I am going to ffer you the best medicine that works best with your type. It’s the medicine of reality. A reality where you aren’t as good as you think you are. Where I show you that you have faults and that your rise to greatness can be cut before it even begins.
We have the privilege and pleasure of having our first show in the city of Detroit. A city that was instrumental for Americans who had to work hard for their living by working endless hours in automobile factories and what have. It will be no different with me. I am willing to work hard. I am willing to fight for my place and if I have to go through you to get what I want then so be it.
It wouldn’t be the first time where I came in as an underdog and shocked the world by taking out a veteran to advance past the first round of the tournament. Do I think that I am easily just going to come here and beat you off the beginning. No I don’t think that. But with enough hard work, and enough perseverance I just about doing anything. Seeing is believing right?
Don’t worry… If I do end up beating you and you do find yourself in pain you can trust that I will be there to hand you a lollipop and administer a band-aid for your boo boo. After all I am a nurse right? See you out in that ring Miss Washington… It’s time for the nurse to see you now…
Charlotte, North Carolina
February 12th
Murphy House
Cynthia found herself sitting down at the dinner table in front of her mother and father. Sitting down on the blonde’s lap was her little two year old daughter Terra Aerith. Cindy offered a long sigh as her mother showed a look of frustration as her eyes hovered in on that of the Irish American.
“I can’t believe you Cynthia… How could you just give up on being a nurse? I thought it was your goal to help people, not put more people in danger. If your brother was still around what do you think he would say to all of this? Your brother spent day after day in hospitals and his bed fighting a sickness. He fought his entire lifetime fighting something that was attacking his body just so he could live one more day and here you are blatantly just giving up on the dream of being a nurse so that you could put your own body in jeopardy. I really don’t understand you…”
Cynthia’s parents weren’t too fond of wrestling and who could blame them? Why would they be for a sport that places a person in harm in every single match that they compete in? This family had to endure through years of being in the hospital because of Cindy’s younger brother Richard Jeremy who had passed away because of Stage Four cancer. Cindy just sighed as her father was now the one to do the talking.
“I don’t understand any of this? I know there were struggles and I know it was hard for you with everything that happened with your brother but there’s a lot of potential in you Cynthia to do great things in this world to help and save many lives. It’s not everyday that a parent can say that their daughter despite the adversity of everything that was thrown at them fought and calwed their way to becoming a Valedictorian. It’s not everyday that they can say that their daughter attended school on a full ride because of their grades and accomplishments. Yet despite graduating, despite receiving a nursing degree and finding a wonderful job in a hospital you decided to throw everything away to be a professional wrestler and for what? For James?”
Cindy shook her head as she looked back at her parents shaking her head at them.
“It’s not like that at all and don’t bring Jimmy into the middle of this. This has nothing to do with my husband but this is a life decision that I had to make. The reason I came here was to tell you that I signed up with another company and I am going to claw, fight, scratch, and bite my way into making something of myself. I will admit with everything that happened to Richie I wanted to be a nurse. I wanted to help preserve those who are suffering from various illnesses like Richie was but I also have come to the conclusion where I just don’t want to sit back and watch people suffer egging them all with the cliche you will overcome this, and things will look up speech… I rather go out there and do something about it. Show that even the most unlikely of people can overcome adversity… It’s no secret that I am by no means the biggest, the strongest, or anything close to it… But I have the same thing that Richie had… I have a big heart that is propelling me to fight onward, and sometimes you just have to listen to what your heart says…”
The mother just shakes her head as she looks back at her daughter.
“Cynthia… That’s fine and all but you have a daughter to think about. How do you think that Terra is going to feel knowing that her mother put herself in jeopardy by becoming a wrestler? What happens if you are out there wrestling and something terrible happens. Your body bends in the wrong way or you suffer a career ending injury then what comes next?”
“That will simply be a bridge that we will have to cross when we get there… But the most important thing is at least trying to go out there and fight. I know you don’t agree with me being a wrestler and I know it’s a lot to swallow but I am doing it all for Richie. Richie was a fighter who FOUGHT EVERY SINGLE DAY OF HIS LIFE…. Going through bone marrow transplants chemotherapy among all other things and he didn’t give up. He just keep fighting onward. I want to carry that same spirit, that same desire of fighting onward and I want to bring it to the ring. When do I find myself in a position where I can’t go onward I just have to remind myself of everything that Richard went through and I am sure it will be more than enough to keep me going… I know this doesn’t sit well with you mom….”
Cindy holds her mother’s hand as she gazes into her eyes. “And I know that you are frightened over what might become of your daughter dad…” Cindy looks at her father now as she stares over at little Terra who is smiling widely.
“But I have to be an inspiration to my daughter, and an inspiration to all of those people who are stuck in the hospital who feel like they want to throw the towel in on life. I want to show them with enough faith and perseverance anything can happen. So please \believe that I am doing the right thing… Please…. I know what I am doing…. If Richard was around you know he would support me so you should as well…”
The two parents just sit there as they don’t say anything. They remain quiet as they think over everything that Cindy told them. She slowly excuses herself as she picks herself up from the table and heads over towards her brother’s old room. She opens the door as she stares at the empty bed along with the photos all across the room. She let’s out a long sigh as she looks at her daughter.
“Terra… Let me tell you the story of how strong your uncle Richard was…”