Author Kelly Schaefer Coming To Village At Winona Saturday
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Author and inspirational speaker Kelly Schaefer will be available to sign books and meet local friends at Sacs & Co., in the Village of Winona, from 4 to 5 p.m. Saturday. Award-winning and best-selling author Michelle Weidenbenner released Schaefer’s memoir, “Fractured Not Broken,” a year ago. Since then Schaefer won the New Apple Literary Award in two categories, according to a provided press release. Years ago, parts of Kelly’s story appeared on ESPN and in Rosie. The release states 19-year-old Schaefer had it all – a healthy and athletic body, a star basketball-player boyfriend and a fun college life with close friends. But everything changed when a drunk driver rendered her a quadriplegic. Schaefer was left with arms and legs that couldn’t move. She couldn’t walk, write, feed herself or comb her hair. When she thought she couldn’t lose anything more – her boyfriend left her, unwilling to endure a life with a quadriplegic. Through her darkest days of loss and pain, her family and community gathered together to push her forward, to help her persevere. With their help, Schaefer moved closer to God and toward a faith she’d never had. “Miracles come in many obscure moments,” Schaefer is quoted as saying in the press release. “I spent most of my life awaiting my big break. I expected my miracle to be in the form of a pill, injection, or surgery that would enable my spine to heal and give me the mobile freedom I prayed for, but that didn’t happen.” “Fractured Not Broken” is a memoir of loss and faith, but it’s also a love story that sounds like fiction, the release states. Charles C. Thompson, bishop of Evansville, said, “This is a real life story of heroic virtue – especially of courage, humility and generosity – a triumph of faith, hope and love. This story involves the very essence of the human spirit, family, and community. To know Kelly and her journey of miracles is to know that with God all things are possible.” This book will fracture the paradigms of the goals and expectations we set for ourselves and others, according to the release.
