At Prom, Only One Boy Asked Me to Dance Because I Was in a Wheelchair — 30 Years Later, Our Paths Crossed Again, and This Time He Was the One in Need

but there was something nervous in it.

“Because nobody else asked.”

After graduation season, my family moved away for extended rehab, and whatever chance there was of seeing him again disappeared with it. I spent two years in and out of surgeries and rehab. I learned how to transfer without falling. I learned how to walk short distances with braces.continue reading …