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I was a ten-year-old girl who loved to sports and build tree houses in the woods. I would spend time with friends — just as I did on the night my life _______. My mother and 1 were driving home from a party. _______ after skating all night, I fell asleep.

I _______ to find myself in the hospital. I had a spinal cord (脊髓) injury, which meant I’d spend the rest of my life in a wheelchair. Mom had some broken bones, but that was _______ compared with what would happen to her. Having been driving drunk, she was _______ to three years in prison and lost her _______ rights to me.

I was adopted by a family — Sue and Chris and their two sons. I had to _______ having two brothers, which was different for me because I’d never had a brother, _______ two.

Sue encouraged me to try _______ therapy (疗法) to see if I could learn to walk again. Though I struggled as hard as possible, it didn’t __________. That’s __________ I realized I had to make a choice.

Finally, I found a(n) __________ basketball team in our area. I tried out and __________ the team! We fly to tournaments in different states over weekends. Getting involved in something so funny and rewarding shows me that things are possible, whatever your __________. Life keeps changing, but we have to __________ anyway — with or without the people we love.