A little girl with spina bifida aspires to be a dancer. Just because she's on crutches doesn't stop her.
My daughter, Myracle Hope, is seven years old.
We adopted her from Korea when she was two; for the past five years she's brought us nothing but joy. She's been nothing but a blessing from God in our lives.
Myracle is physically disabled. (I won't call her "differently abled" or "physically challenged"; she's disabled. A child first, but a child who lives with a physical disability.) She was born this way. She was born with a neural tube defect, spina bifida, which left her lower half paralyzed. Yet that's never stopped her.
Just because she walks on a pair of crutches or wears AFO's on her feet doesn't mean she won't get around. She can, and she does. Very well, in fact. In fact, she can outrun us at times; she wears us out! LOL
She's done awful well for herself between the hospital stays/surgeries; to her, the hospital stays/surgeries are just temporary setbacks. Once she's recovered from a surgery or hospital stay, she's right back at it, surprising people with her will and courage. She's absolutely incredible!
Which is one reason why we Americanized her name to Myracle Hope. She's our Miracle Girl, and she brings us nothing but a sense of hope. That name is perfect for her.
Now her goal in life is to become a dancer. We saw something on the Today show last week about some little girls with disabilities who take ballet; as they dance, they have helpers, and they do a wonderful job. They're either younger or about the same age as our daughter. They love to dance, and people who see the girls dance are instantly moved. Now she is all gung ho about taking ballet; we are looking around for a program that teaches dance to children with disabilities.
If we can find one, we plan on enrolling our daughter into the program. She would make new friends, she would be getting the needed exercise (which is good for her overall health), and she would be doing something she obviously loves.
Whenever we watch "The Nutcracker" on televsion around Christmas time, our daughter is the one in front of the television set, transfixed by the action on the screen. She won't move a muscle until the program is over; then once it ends, she's telling us that "she's gonna' do that one day, dance in the ballet". With her gung-ho attitude, her can-do spirit, we don't doubt it for a minute.
We have two other daughters from China (Hannah Grace and Carrah Joy, who are six and two), but they could care less about ballet. The little one is into "Tickle-Me-Elmo", and the older one is a regular little tomboy. Right now, her thing is baseball; she wants to play girl's baseball next year at school.
Yet it is our Tiny Dancer, Myracle, who is our future ballerina. If we could get her into a ballet program, that would mean so much to her. Right now, her days consist of school, therapy, or doctor's visits (or the occasional hospital stay/surgery; then she will have recovery time, which sets her back further); she needs some joy in her life.
If we could provide her that joy, we would really be doing her (and ourselves) a favor!
Oh, yes. And we do plan on giving her that ballerina outfit and shoes for Christmas (only she doesn't know this yet!). She is our little star-in-the-making!
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Potential meets purpose for great accomplishments in the life of a young student.
A young student is interested in learning coding programs. He applies and is rejected because of his age. He does not give up and tries again and is accepted. Eventu
