Inspiration comes in many shapes and forms. One of them, without any shadow of a doubt, is my next guest, the truly inspirational Rebecca Faye Smith Galli.
Just nine days after her divorce was finalised, Becky, a then 38-year-old mother of four, two of whom with special needs, wakes up at 2am with strange, shooting sensations in her legs. By 9pm, she’s paralysed from the waist down from a condition called transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord inflammation. But this isn’t the first time Becky needed to rethink what’s possible.
Becky’s life until that point includes a journey through losses that would have brought anyone else to their knees, including the tragic death of her seventeen-year-old brother; two miscarriages; her daughter Maddison’s autism diagnosis; her son Matthew’s ultimately fatal degenerative disease; the sad demise of her marriage and the devastating loss of both her parents in quick succession.
Despite such unspeakably cruel blows, Becky always maintained her belief in family, in faith, in unconditional love, and in learning to not only accept, but to also embrace a life that had veered down a path far different to the one she had planned – as captured in her astonishing memoir – Rethinking Possible.
Becky’s journey is ultimately about the power of love over loss and the choices we all make that shape our lives & our perspectives —especially when forced to confront the unimaginable.
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Creator, Host & Executive Producer: Tammi Faraday
With thanks to my special guest: Rebecca Faye Smith Galli
Audio Editor: Zoltan Fecso
With very special thanks to George Weinberg and Ursula Ferguson
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