A note at the end of Febr2010:

All the focus lately is on WALKING ...on 2 feet!
Balancing and walking!
What is more normal for humans?
A process so seemingly simple for us,
so out of reach after being in a coma for months,
and in bed for years!

As always with Charb, it slows down to a still....
then he shouts up and surprises every one!

Well, the new year is going fast!
Jan 21 already!

Charb's focus is in walking ...

and wrestling with Ed!...

Good luck Charb!

Happy Holiday Wishes...

To our friends,

visitors

and community members

For years you have shown us
understanding, help, support and respect…

You have posted your prayers,

your wishes and hopes...

You have followed Charbel's gigantic and

astonishing progress...

Your encouragements and

positive comments

pushed us even further in our

tentative ways - and our determination-

to improve!

It all combined and culminated
on Nov 20th, at the Olympic Torch Relay,

when Charbel got the honor to carry the Torch,

and by your enthusiastic presence,

your comments and the ongoing encouragement that never faded!

You have made us feel special, loved, cared for and honored
to be Canadian and to be part of this fantastic community...

As we thank you all for making us feel so proud,

we extend our
best wishes for a Merry Christmas

and a Happy and safe New Year…

The Rouhana Family.

Dorcas, you are awsome!

Since there is a tremendous amount of videos and pics,
please follow this link to see a lot more:
http://picasaweb.google.com/rachelra/Torch2?authkey=Gv1sRgCKHX-o_u4KXCTg#

For Dorcas Requests!!

"It is my day! I am going to be a celebrity!'


Pass it on...




The flame still burning inside!




Fired up!



Let them gather around me...

Oh, Megan!!!

Accident victim gets Olympic moment
Former athlete thrilled to carry torch
By GLEN PARKER (From the Chronicle Herald)
Sat. Nov 21 - 4:46 AM




Dreams do come true.

Charbel Rouhana, 24, once imagined competing in the Olympic Games as a wrestler.

A car accident in September 2005 ended that ambition.
But his dream of being a part of the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver became a reality Friday when Mr. Rouhana triumphantly carried the Olympic torch into his hometown of Windsor.
Surrounded by former King’s-Edgehill School classmates, teachers, family, friends and supporters, the rugged former wrestling and rugby star was visibly elated by the special opportunity to participate in the torch relay.


"This is the best day of my life. I love you all," he yelled out to the crowd.
Left in a coma after the accident, family and friends never left his side. Mr. Rouhana’s father, Chaker, and mother, Norma, worked tirelessly with their son, and the
family was rewarded in December 2006 when he came out of the coma.


His King’s-Edgehill coach, Kim Walsh, was on hand Friday to cheer on his former star athlete.
"Charbel was one of the best athletes our school has ever had. He wrestled at the national level and was recruited by Simon Fraser University. He made an amazing recovery after the accident," Mr. Walsh said.
"Our entire school will be out supporting Charbel and Mallory Sanford, our other torch runner."

Now able to get around with the help of a wheelchair, Mr. Rouhana delivered a short and poig- nant message to the crowd gathered for the relay Friday morning.
"You only have one life. Live it to the fullest," he said.

The Flame within!

It came! It went!

But memories will live for ever!

When Charb woke up in the morning of Nov 20th,

he said to mom:

Do not tell me what to do, today!

Today is my day, and I am going to be a celebrity!"

And he was!

Ctv News, the Chronicle, the Hants Journal!

And for sure all the friends who came from all over the places!

We thank all of them, and all who could not attend physically

but were with us by heart and thoughts!

Everything was for a success:

the weather was gorgeous,

the Olympic team amazingly cooperative and helpful,

the crowed cheerful!

In brief: The best Day of His Life!