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Wendy Sura Thomson
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Summon the Tiger
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All she wanted was to be a ballerina
The first book I remember reading was a picture book about a little girl in leg braces that wanted to be a ballerina. Somebody got me that book, with, I'm sure, the intention of making me feel that I am not alone, and that practice makes anything possible. That book was both inspiring and disappointing. You see, as much as I practiced, i would never be a ballerina. I have an artificial leg. So even though I practiced and practiced, it was never to be. At the tender age of four, I learned that despite strong will and determination, some things can never be.
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Summon the Tiger
Even though I was not yet five, my brother had been telling me what he had been learning in school. I started kindergarten, only four, already reading. One of the first books I received was about a little disabled girl who needed leg braces. She wanted to be a ballerina so very desperately. She would practice and practice – first position, second position, third position, fourth position, plié… I wanted so much to be her. She got stronger and did end up being a ballerina. I memorized those positions and practiced them and practiced them…
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