We are all facing a new year. During this time, we make resolutions with things we feel will better ourselves. Some of us are glad 2012 is over because of difficult circumstances we endured and are looking forward to the hope of a better 2013. Some of us know 2013 will still hold uncertainty for us. This is how I feel. As anyone with scoliosis knows, the unknown is always there like a cloud that can hang low and dark in the sky. With scoliosis, sometimes, our dark clouds open up with rain, and other times, they open up with rays of bright sunlight. I have sat through periods of both, but I have trudged through, and done what all of the specialists have said to do. Right now I feel as if I am waiting under another cloud, waiting to see if rain or sunshine will break through. I had an x-ray taken for the first time today with me being out of brace for 24 hours. All of the other x-rays were in brace, while this one was out. My last x-ray from July 2012 was measured at 19 degrees in the thoracic region and 16 degrees in the lumbar region. Now, I wait and see what my orthotist, Gez Bowman, says about my new x-ray. Rain or sunlight?
Jan5
Dancing Around Scoliosis 
Hello! I have deffinitely known the feeling that you are going through. I have known about my scoliosis since I was 8, I am 16 now. I, along with my family’s support, have gone through the waiting and the bracing and pure nerves of not knowing what was next. That battle is almost over for me know as I am now waiting for spinal fusion next Friday. I hope your results are good, and you are in my thoughts. Hopefully it will be sunshine for you!
God bless you and your family. We pray your patience, perserverance and faith are rewarded with nothing but fruits of joy and happiness. Summer’s Uncle Bill and Aunt Beth
Amen!
Summer, no matter what, you are and will always be a ray of sunlight…. and as you have grown older and are maturing into a most wonderful young person and more importantly a young lady, you are the makeup of a large array of sunlight beams and rays. You are a very recognizable gift from God to your family and friends and maybe even more importantly, to this world.