Bethany
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Introduction | I am an enigma in so many ways. Since infancy I have confused medical experts, defied their expectations, and written my own textbook. I just celebrated my 29th birthday after having been diagnosed as terminal at 6 months of age with less than 6 months to live. I do believe that God vetoed that memo. Up until October 2008 I was a special education teacher, an avid hiker, an amateur photographer, a history fiend who loved the museums in DC, a lover of all things literary, a dreamer, a star gazer, an advocate, a rebel with a cause, a one of a kind Christian, an aunt, a daughter, and a friend. Some of those things changed when I developed progressive spastic paraplegia and exchanged my hiking boots for a wheelchair, but the most important things remained. Life is in each moment, each breath, and I live in each one fully aware that there is no guarantee of another and fully thankful for the one I have been given. |
| Interests | Being a Rebel Christian, Photography, Reading, Writing, Wheelchair sports and recreation, Advocacy, Stem cell research, special education, augmentative and alternative communication, making a difference in the world |
| Favorite movies | Dirty Dancing, Juno, Little Miss Sunshine, Sunshine Cleaning, August Rush, RENT live on Broadway |
| Favorite music | Sugarland, Casting Crowns, Lady Antebellum |
| Favorite books | Mere Christianity, Reading Lolita in Tehran, The Giver, A Tree Grows in Brooklyn, The Spirit Catches You and You Fall Down |