Hi, guys! Chase Von requested to do an interview for the Student Operated Press. My gratitude to him and the SOP. Below is a portion of it:
Chase von Interviews Talented Rising Poet!
By Chase Von (Mentor)
Interview on behalf of the Student Operated Press with...
Dawn Huffaker -- Poet Who Has Given Nature a Voice!
Chase von: Hey Dawn and on behalf of the Student Operated Press and myself, I really want to thank you for taking the time to give us this interview! I've read your book Flights of Fancy Vol. 1 and you truly write beautifully! I felt as if I was transported back to another world that use to exist, one where things were a lot more peaceful than they currently are in this world of ours, but before we discuss your writings, I would like for our audience to learn more about you, the author. Can you tell us what some of your first memories were, when you realized due to the mysterious illness you suffered while you were only eight months old, how you might have felt differently than perhaps other children?
Dawn: Thank you, Chase! I’m happy to be here.
My first memories weren’t all that different from other kids. I knew I couldn’t run and play like my younger sister, and yet, it didn’t make me feel left out. My family just found a way for me to participate, even if I was just the scorekeeper at times.
I do remember trying to learn to stand by myself, and attempting to walk with crutches. Neither was very successful. I fell a lot. Mom worked with me every day for several years.
By the age of ten, I had to give up on the idea of using crutches. I needed surgery on my back to fix the scoliosis curve that I had. Spent a year in a cast from my neck to hips.
I was sad at first that I couldn’t keep trying. However, Mom had told me from the start that I was no different from anybody else. This philosophy gave me a basis to grow from - that the inability to walk would not hold me back.
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