How She Got There

Christine McMahon read Ranger Rick, stole her brother’s Boy Scouts Manual to learn survival tricks and was driving by age 9. She grew up relatively carefree surrounded by friends and family who made sure she feared nothing. Until the day circled in red on her calendar arrived. The day when she would try to walk again. In the rare moments when the self we imagined collides with reality the intensity can be terrifying. Yet that moment can also propel us along a path that we’ve dreamed about for our entire lives. It was time for Christine to take the first steps to leaving the crutches and wheelchairs behind and embrace the possible on her own.

Music: Idealize by Shedding   •   Acquiring Satellites by David Arkenstone   •   Elephants and Little Girls by Loch Lomond

Music provided by IODA Promonet.