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Joni's Story

by Joni Erickson

184 pages and was in born in 1949 died in 2013

Before Joni accident she used to a cheerful and happy young lady. One day everything changed . She decided to go swimming, and had a terrible accident. She hit her head to hard on the bottom of the lake and broke part of her spine which caused her to never walk again.When Joni finally woke up, and realize she was in the hospital, she was frightened.

 After a couple days went by she felt like there was no hope for her. During her time  in the hospital Joni became very sad and  told her mother she wanted to 

  die because she couldn't do the things she was used to do. Her friends and family told her to choose to have a thankful and loving heart but she didn't listen to them. Three months later she attended a specialized school for paralyzed people. It was very hard for her to relearn things she used to be able to do. She remembered what her friends and family explained to her "to have a thankful and loving heart". She decided to try to do her best in everything and have an attitude of gratitude!

The past couple weeks were very hard for her but she kept believing about what will come out of this.She became more closer with the Lord each and everyday.The day had come for her to graduate the paralyzed school.Years later she was married to Ken Tada.And she explained shed never changer anything!