Curves in the Road

"...I saw myself enter what was more like a field of wildflowers, than a garden of roses..."  I've learned that life doesn't always go as planned. Some of us have it harder than others. I ran happy as a child, but then my path swerved as I struggled through my teen years with a rare nerve disease called Friedreich's Ataxia. Finding myself a young adult searching for purpose, I began working with the youth group in my parish and soon found myself blessed to marry and have a family of my own. My story shares some of the hurdles, happiness and humor of what life is like having a physical challenge, and it sheds light on my husband and I raising our crew of nine children. With God, all things are possible.