From Wheels To Wings
This is me!!! In the cockpit of a Skyarrow plane and behind me is the amazing and brave Austin Decker who has the courage to strap in behind me every day. He is amazing, patient and encouraging despite the many mistakes I make. There is so much about this experience that is so unreal. The first being that I am well enough to be here. It was just a year ago that doctors were telling me and my family to prepare for the worst, that things looked grim. As my family prepared for the worst, I took it as a challenge, they were counting me out and it just meant I would fight harder to prove them wrong! So slowly, day after day and month after month I regained my strength. It came with great sacrifice for my family, everything indefinite. no concrete answers, just blind Faith. However, slowly, step by step we made it here, to this, to flying. On November 17, 2004, at 2:00am, I stepped out of my van. kissed my 6 kiddos goodnight and promised them that in 2 days I would be home good as ne