Unit 14 Rowan's Dance

When Rowan was born with one good leg and the other deformed and useless, her doctor and family thought this child is going to have a difficult time in life.

Rowan's mother, however, never saw her daughter as anything less than perfect and raised Rowan to be strong and confident.

At the age of 7, Rowan was fitted with a faked leg that had most of the same motion a real leg would have. That Christmas she saw the ballet, the Nutcracker, for the first time with he family. Rowan fell in love with the grace of the dancers and decided she wanted to be a dancer.

Everyone, except her mother, told her it was impossible. Rowan was determined and jioned a community dance class.

Despite the snickers from the other children, she entered her first dance recital at the age of 14. She didn't win, but she did have fun.

Over the years, she kept dancing. When Rowan turned 26, she opened a dance school that taught children with disabilities. Above the door to her school, hangs the sign"Rowan's dance school—Dance for Gifted Children."