INJURED national footballer Tamar “Phoenix” Watson is eyeing a return to the field in the new year.
Since an accident claimed the life of her best friend Giselle Salandy and left her incapacitated for the most part of 2009, there has been a resurgence by the former Trinidad and Tobago defender to return to the field.
The 22-year-old has been undergoing therapy to heal injuries she sustained in the accident.
She admitted that therapy for her has been a difficult process but vows to endure it to the end.
“Laughing has been extremely painful but impossible is nothing and I have come a long way with the help of my trainers.”
She intends to continue her therapy during the Christmas vacation, although admitting that it is supposed to be a time for her and her family.
“Christmas is meant to be a vacation for me but I know it will be far from that because with my desire for success, I will be in rehabilitation and trying to get out there on the field to do some light training.”
Only earlier this year she returned to school in the United States at Shorter College with the help of Alutrint and has been blending her studies in business management with her therapy.
Watson has been working out regularly at the school’s gym as she prepares for what would be a welcome return to the football.
She told Newsday she does not only want to make a return but hopes to do so with a bang.
“I want to be extremely competitive. To give an exact time on when that will be, I leave it up to God’s speed. I also plan to get within good range of playing at the top level,” Watson said.
For 2010 Watson also intends to draw closer to God.
Although confessing to have had a struggle for 2009 she admitted, “I am having a great recovery with life in God and I think that is the greatest highlight of all.”
Watson earned the admiration of many for her courage, spirit and belief that she will return to the football field, after the January 4 accident at the Beetham Highway flyover near the NP headquarters, which left her with a broken collar bone, an injured hip and an emotional scar that, to date, appears to be irreparable.
Watson also said she has not given up on writing a book about her close friend Giselle Salandy, who was a multiple world boxing title holder.
The book she said will be called An Encounter With An Angel and it will reveal the life and times she spent with the talented boxer before her death.