"...Defying doctors’ expectations, she reclaimed the ability to breathe, eat and talk without assistance. She returned to school using a walker, which she no longer needs, and she learned to write with her left hand. The community overall was supportive and accommodating, she said, especially school administrators and teachers. But some students mimicked her limp and made fun of the brace she wore on her right hand, so she stopped wearing it."
"...On page 35 of her new memoir, “Tying the Ribbon,” Haley Stark makes a request. “I’m going to ask you to pause in your reading for moment,” she writes. “If you know a pediatric nurse, I beg you to thank them immediately. There may be no more noble a profession than nursing."
"...After high school she plans to study political science and disability rights at Georgetown University in Washington, D.C.
What she most wants people to know, Stark said, is “my injury does not define me, (although) it has shaped me into the person I am and continues to shape the person that I am becoming."
"...She says that one letter was already a fine accomplishment.
"That one person was enough to make me think it was entirely worth it," she said.
But the letters and emails haven't stopped. Now, Stark says she is dreaming even bigger and brighter than before."
"...The Best Ever You Network is honored to feature Haley Stark. We are also proud to issue our Elizabeth's Best Seal of Excellence for Haley's book Tying the Ribbon."
