04/18/2026
Only ONE WEEK LEFT to support Avah and her Humble at Heart Hoodie fundraiser. If you were planning on supporting this young athlete be sure to place your order before Friday when the pre order closes. As a reminder, these inspirational hoodies with scripture were designed by Avah and 20% of every purchase goes directly to her to fund her journey. How amazing is that?
SHOP HER COLLECTION HERE:
https://cottoncabin.ca/collections/humble-at-heart?_pos=1&_psq=humble&_ss=e&_v=1.0
LOOKING FOR MORE INFO - you can read her story below in her own words
Not in a position to support at this time? Not a problem - please like and share this post to spread her story and be sure to follow along on her journey!
Stay Humble at Heart!
AVAHS STORY
Hi, my name is Avah-Skye Miller. I am a competitive swimmer, on the road to the Olympics and I have just made my FIRST jr. Olympic trials!! I started this fundraiser to help me get there, and I am asking for help.
Here’s my story…for those that don’t know…
As a background, I have almost 9 years of competitive gymnastics experience. In 2024 after suffering 2 broken tail bones, a sever kidney infection that left me losing almost half my hair and I was fighting an unknown battle with celiac that fuelled multiple injuries. I was forced to make a decision…which now meant in Aug 2024 my gymnastics career was now over.
So what next…In awe and inspired by Summer McIntosh’s performance in the Paris Olympics, I turned to my love of water for healing - wondering could I do that?
Having never taken swimming lessons before, I was ‘googling’ the strokes on route to my tryouts. Yep, that’s because I didn’t even know what the swim strokes looked like! At my tryout, I found a club that saw something in me and instantly believed that swimming was the place for me! On Sept 9th 2024 at 4:30 in the morning, I started swimming! I now had a new coach and together we would set goals and achieve new results. In my first year I still faced a lot of challenges, injuries like; a significant concussion, a sprained MCL and a sliced open foot just to name a few.
Because of my determination, within 10 months of starting swimming, I would be privileged to be on a team of amazingly strong girls and together we would break a national record in a 4x50 medley relay - opening my eyes to believe I could achieve more it sparked an Olympic dream.
In Sept of 2025 I would find out I am celiac, which now made so much sense!! I had my why and all I could think now was, I just have to keep swimming! I just had to stay determined to heal!!! “Just keep swimming” became my moto!!
Within 18 months of starting, on March 6, 2026, I would hold my own provincial record - in the 50m fly. Breaking a record that’s as old as I am, 13 years old! Now the spark is a fire and a dream of the Olympics! To make my dream an even clearer reality, at the same time, I achieved my FIRST junior Olympic trial time - a race happening in July of 2026, this means if I continue to work hard, I can be selected to represent Canada one day!!!
I am just getting started!! Will you help?
