Monday, May 14, 2012

Bethany Hamilton


I have to post this because I am so excited. While we were in Hawaii for the American Association of Orthodontics Convention one of the exhibitors arrange to have Bethany Hamilton there to sign autographs and pose for pictures. She is one of our family's heroes. She is a competitive surfer from Kauai who had her arm bit off several years ago by a shark. This all happened when she was a teenager. Since then she has overcome her handicap and won the National Surfing Championships. She recently had a movie made about her life called Soul Surfer. What an inspiration she is. It was an honor to meet her. She was very friendly and said that it is her dream to visit Alaska. Soul Surfer is Hannah and Winnie's favorite movie. What a thrill!

1 comment:

Mom4ever said...

That's really cool!