This is a story of triumph over tragedy — a counter-narrative to the drumbeat of COVID-damned dispatches that infect our lives. For Star readers, it began in 2008 with the ugly, painful introduction to Taylor Lindsay-Noel, a 14-year-old elite gymnast on track to represent Canada at the 2012 Olympic Games. “What am I going to do?” Taylor asked her single mom, Rowena, from her bed at Bloorview Rehab Centre, the Star present. I’m going to walk again.’ In my mind, I was still cocky, thinking, ‘You are spending thousands of dollars on this wheelchair that I’m going to give away next year. Now, I feel confident that I will, metaphorically speaking, land on my feet.”Meet Taylor Lindsay-Noel at www.cupofte.ca.

Source: thestar November 15, 2020 12:02 UTC