The next time you're feeling less than 100%, or afraid that maybe you can't accomplish all that you'd dreamed, think of Kelly Perkins. At age 33, she was the recipient of a new heart. At age 46, she has just completed yet another ascent to the top of a mountain. This time, it was a 2 1/2-day climb up the 8,842-foot-high Half Dome, a granite mountain in Yosemite National Park. Twelve years ago and only 10 months out of surgery, she climbed the easier front side of Half Dome, but this time, she set her sights on completing the climb up the much more difficult back half.
She's done numerous climbs over the past 13 years, the only heart transplant recipient to have climbed some of the world's best known mountains - Mount Whitney, the Matterhorn, Mount Fuji and Mount Kilimanjaro. What makes this one so special? In Kelly's words, it's "because it's broken in half but it still stands strong. There's a spirit-building message there. You may not be 100 percent, but you can still be as strong as others."
Spirit-building, indeed.
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~*~*~ May you always remember to dance in the rain, and may you have plenty of ladybugs beside you! ~*~*~
Blessings,
Kat
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