Candace Robinson

Candace Robinson

DETERMINED THROUGH IT ALL. I have been a below-knee amputee since August 2021. I also have three fingers on my left hand partially amputated. I am thankful to GOD, family and friends for the prayers and support I have received over the past three years. It has not...

Kimberly Gonzalez

Kimberly Gonzalez

ACHIEVED SELF LOVE. At the age of 12 Kimberly was diagnosed with one chronic illness and one autoimmune Scleroderma and Raynaud's which caused her to have seven fingers partially amputated. At 21 she had two strokes and was diagnosed with anti-phospholipid syndrome....

Gary Trenkelbach

Gary Trenkelbach

UNDIFFERENTIATED PLEOMORPHIC SARCOMA (UPS) TO BKA. This whole ordeal started about fifteen years ago +/- five years. I kept going to my PCM for a knot (size of a quarter) on my right leg about 6 inches above the ankle. The PCM kept saying if it was not bleeding and or...

Heba Morsy

Heba Morsy

INSPIRED. Why do people try to inspire others? Is it because we genuinely care about everyone's life, or because we need to feel that we can motivate and empower others? By inspiring others, we help them believe they can achieve anything they set their minds to. And...

Robert Jones

Robert Jones

LOST IDENTITY. I have been a soldier for 35 years (20 years active and 15 years as a defense contractor), and when I lost my leg the military was taken away from me. I lost who and what I was. I spent many nights trying to figure out what will I do now that I don't...

Jeff Soelberg

Jeff Soelberg

MOST USED LEAST RECOGNIZED. My WeThrive story begins July 6, 2016. The day that I became a 3 finger partial hand amputee. I remember laying in the hospital bed missing 60% of my right hand, wondering what life was going to be like going forward. I was the father, the...

Abbey Frantz

Abbey Frantz

IT IS WHAT IT IS. As a traumatic upper limp amputee I decided to let the bad thing that happened to me define my in a good way.  

Staci Andrea

Staci Andrea

TRYING TO WRITE THE WRONGS. Hi! I am a thriller author who was working on my third book when I had my right pinky finger severed by a faulty pontoon gate design on my dominant hand last summer. After four surgeries, I have had what was left of that bone removed in a...

Larissa Camp

Larissa Camp

CUTTING HAIR WITHOUT FINGERS. My name is Larissa Camp and I am a domestic violence abuse survivor. I was shot twice at close range with a shotgun by an ex-boyfriend who later turned the gun on himself. The incident resulted in me receiving a partial hand amputation...

Jeff Keene II

Jeff Keene II

HEY, FELLOW AMPS! I lost my foot in the line-of-duty fighting a fire in NY in 1989. Here is my story: “When the Other Boot Drops.” I pray it inspires those who need to triumph over their own traumatic tragedy or that of a loved one. About the book: Firefighters...