inMotion Magazine

March | April 2020 16 STRONG WHAT DOES THE WORD MEAN TO YOU AND OUR COMMUNITY? WE ASKED OUR FACEBOOK FRIENDS! “Taking on each day without whining. Strong in mind and body.” ~ Nancy Graham Vierthaler “Getting up and out of bed daily, pushing through the pain, the obstacles, and having the courage to do whatever you set your mind to. Having the right doctors, prosthetist, prosthetics, and the right prosthetic team are vital. Helping others along their journey.” ~ Melissa Ann Davidson Heuser “Living my life to its fullest, happily!” ~ Janet Rickerson Yergler “Strong is handling my challenges with grace, and using my knowledge to help newer amputees learn to do the same.” ~ Dave Giaimo “Strength = letting myself be happy.” ~ Emma Corey “Learning to adapt to the world. Not expecting the world to adapt to you.” ~ Jason Nolin “Strong is, to me, a gift. I, as an amputee, have to prove to others I can deal with what came my way. Why be mad at the world – life can be so much worse. If I wasn’t strong, I’d hear from my mother in heaven to straighten up and be the person she raised. Strong is what my guardian angel gave me.” ~ Steve Molnar “I think of many things: courageous, capable, secure in yourself, and brave.” ~ Julie Porterfield Suttles-Strickland