Viernes 6 de noviembre de 1998
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Margarita Lalor Cavanagh and a lesson based on the love for life.
Handicapped woman
narrated her story on a book written using only her foot.
Margarita Lalor Cavanagh has, in a generous dimension, something
that most of mankind lacks of: peace of spirit. Because of that
reason her search can become the cause of a whole existence.
When she
was 52 years old, this beautiful woman of deep light-blue eyes
and a teenager smile; this woman of an apparently fragile body
and a slightly audible voice reached the invaluable “GOOD” by an
unutterable disease. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is the
name of the disease that implacably started taking over her body
when she was 22 years old; Back then, she was in love and
dreamed of becoming an artist.
Today,
while making an strong effort to express herself, she says she
feels like in “the clouds” because of the repercussion of her
book “Se puede” (It is possible), which is not only being read
by handicapped people. She says she is also receiving thank you
letters from young people who say that thanks to her story they
had “learned to value the little joys of life”
She
decided to narrate her story with a “warrior spirit honoring her
Irish ancestors”: “I love life and each minute that passes by
it’s a great gift from God. Each day that goes by, when I wake
up, I thank God for the like He gave me. I am also thankful for
my both feet, on which I used to dance, walk and run; now with
my left one I write and with my right one I speak on the phone”
Spiritual strength and courage
Margarita Lalor has a lucid and clear mind, her body is inert
except for her right foot. However, with a computer, adapted to
her necessities, connected to a pedal that activates a sensor to
a computer screen, for 3 months and spending fourteen hours a
day, she wrote the story of her life.
”Once I’ve started I couldn’t stop. Words kept coming out as a
waterfall. Since 1971 I hadn’t been able to write. The computer
was like an opening exit for my mind that was like in prison.”
Resting in her room, after a day of “intense emotions”,
motivated by the presence of her oldest sister, who lives in
Spain, and an interview with a local newspaper (“La Nacion”)-
according to what an assistant said-, Margarita said that she
wanted to tell her story in order to help others. |
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