Career & Entrepreneurship
Christine Schumacher – Zori´s 21 Days of real Women
Christine Schumacher wrote about her story in the project “21 days of real women”of the Lausanne based photographer Zori Art Photography. There was a vernissage in Lausanne on November 30th 2019 and Vivamost wrote about.
“I wondered a lot about myself when I recently realized that my serious motorcycle accident in 1998 defined me for so many years and that I used to think my vis-à-vis should know about. Apart from a few scars and being overweight, you can’t see my partial disabilities on the outside. Of course, like all of us, I have experienced a lot and this traffic accident really hit me hard – in the middle of my blooming life – at the age of 27. I have fought on so many fronts since then: endless insurance claims and even bullying at work when I used to be an employee. I jumped into entrepreneurship so that I could at least set up an office with a reclining chair and lie down completely in breaks when needed. Unfortunately, when I finally felt like things were on the right track, I then had business partner who betrayed me! The more unfair life became, the more I fought.
Health-wise I had many setbacks. There were times, where I felt nothing but pain, numerous surgeries, stays in rehabilitation clinics and years of physiotherapy. In 2013, I had severe nerve pain and a doctor who gave up on me.
Christine Schumacher – Zori Art Photography – Project 21 Days of real Women
Three operations later and a new great doctor I feel better than I have in a long time. I am still on medication, but I combine this with alternative medicine. I launched my Interior Design atelier again – this time on my own!
I have never lost my crisp humor and laughter and I have never questioned “why me?!”. I always knew it can only get better! I have learned so much, met so many great people, I learned to love and appreciate the small joys of life, I never want to lose the inner child in me … and almost 5 years ago, I met the love of my life.
I am sweet 49 now, happy, I love my profession and passion, I’m totally in love and I already can’t wait for the next 50 years of “me”! Life is good!”
Read more about Christine Schumacher in Vivamost´s Women entrepreneurs category.
