I never want to hear a complaint at home from any of my children about whether or not they can do it. I will not take much into account after meeting Jennifer and her story, I tell you.
But I will also measure my words much more when addressing them because without a doubt this is one, but The most beautiful story about the importance of the messages we give our children and above it comes with a happy ending and genetic surprise. Full full!
Jennifer is a young American woman who was born without legs due to a congenital defect, for that same reason her parents left her in the hospital the same day of her birth. There are lives that begin with crudeness and Jennifer's was one of them.
When she was still small, a couple from a small city in Illinois decided to adopt her without looking at her non-existent legs but rather at her right to be happy.
They only forbade him one thing when Jennifer was growing up, there is no concept "I can't". They instilled self-confidence, instilled strength and encouraged her to dream and fight to live her dreams.
Jennifer's dreams were not simple: she always wanted to be an athlete and gymnast and he had noticed a person who embodied what she wanted to achieve, the gymnast Dominique Moceanu.
Obviously many other children in conditions even friendlier than Jennifer had, would have been discouraged but she would not. With the support of his parents, he worked, tried hard and gradually exceeded all the expectations that had been marked until he became 7 years old in a Gymnastics champion in the state of Illinois.
Jennifer continued to grow and mature, learning and struggling and at a time of this growth and maturation, she raised her parents' doubts about her biological family, the one that abandoned her as soon as she was born, not wanting to see anything beyond her legs.
He wanted to know what his last name would have been, what his origin was. Papers and files to search and investigate about her past led her to the most amazing surprise of her life ...
Don't you prefer to tell her herself?
Yes, the answer is surprising although seen the events it was almost logical To think that biologically Jennifer and Dominique could be sisters. Once they are seen together there is no doubt, they are tremendously similar to each other.
Sisters and lovers of gymnastics both above the obvious difficulties encountered by Jennifer since her birth.
As obvious as it is obvious that in the end only willpower it is what moves us in life much more than our own legs and support and understanding and help that some parents really gave her in the hardest moments, that surely there were, they helped her Climb as high as anyone would have ever dreamed, except Jennifer herself.
The next time your children climb on something or pose a challenge, have you thought about what message you are going to convey? I have rethought it after knowing its history and I think we are going to start banning the "I can not" If it really is something we want to put in, you really want it.
