Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
Becky Galli was born into a family that valued the power of having a plan. With a pastor father and a stay-at-home mother, her 1960s southern upbringing was bucolic—even enviable. But when her brother, only seventeen, died in a waterskiing accident, the slow unraveling of her perfect family began.
Though grief overwhelmed the family, twenty-year-old Galli forged onward with her life plans—marriage, career, and raising a family of her own—one she hoped would be as idyllic as the family she once knew.
But life had less than ideal plans in store. There was her son’s degenerative, undiagnosed disease and subsequent death; followed by her daughter’s autism diagnosis; her separation; and then, nine days after the divorce was final, the onset of the transverse myelitis that would leave Galli paralyzed from the waist down.
Despite such unspeakable tragedy, Galli maintained her belief in family, in faith, in loving unconditionally, and in learning to not only accept, but also embrace a life that had veered down a path far different from the one she had envisioned. At once heartbreaking and inspiring, Rethinking Possible is a story about the power of love over loss and the choices we all make that shape our lives —especially when forced to confront the unimaginable.
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Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience
Becky Galli was born into a family that valued the power of having a plan. With a pastor father and a stay-at-home mother, her 1960s southern upbringing was bucolic—even enviable. But when her brother, only seventeen, died in a waterskiing accident, the slow unraveling of her perfect family began.
Though grief overwhelmed the family, twenty-year-old Galli forged onward with her life plans—marriage, career, and raising a family of her own—one she hoped would be as idyllic as the family she once knew.
But life had less than ideal plans in store. There was her son’s degenerative, undiagnosed disease and subsequent death; followed by her daughter’s autism diagnosis; her separation; and then, nine days after the divorce was final, the onset of the transverse myelitis that would leave Galli paralyzed from the waist down.
Despite such unspeakable tragedy, Galli maintained her belief in family, in faith, in loving unconditionally, and in learning to not only accept, but also embrace a life that had veered down a path far different from the one she had envisioned. At once heartbreaking and inspiring, Rethinking Possible is a story about the power of love over loss and the choices we all make that shape our lives —especially when forced to confront the unimaginable.
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Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience

Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience

by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli
Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience

Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience

by Rebecca Faye Smith Galli

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Becky Galli was born into a family that valued the power of having a plan. With a pastor father and a stay-at-home mother, her 1960s southern upbringing was bucolic—even enviable. But when her brother, only seventeen, died in a waterskiing accident, the slow unraveling of her perfect family began.
Though grief overwhelmed the family, twenty-year-old Galli forged onward with her life plans—marriage, career, and raising a family of her own—one she hoped would be as idyllic as the family she once knew.
But life had less than ideal plans in store. There was her son’s degenerative, undiagnosed disease and subsequent death; followed by her daughter’s autism diagnosis; her separation; and then, nine days after the divorce was final, the onset of the transverse myelitis that would leave Galli paralyzed from the waist down.
Despite such unspeakable tragedy, Galli maintained her belief in family, in faith, in loving unconditionally, and in learning to not only accept, but also embrace a life that had veered down a path far different from the one she had envisioned. At once heartbreaking and inspiring, Rethinking Possible is a story about the power of love over loss and the choices we all make that shape our lives —especially when forced to confront the unimaginable.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781631522215
Publisher: She Writes Press
Publication date: 06/13/2017
Sold by: SIMON & SCHUSTER
Format: eBook
Pages: 330
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Rebecca (Becky) Faye Smith Galli is an author and columnist who writes about love, loss, and healing. A Morehead-Cain Scholar at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, she was formerly employed by IBM, where she was the recipient of the Golden Circle award for marketing excellence. In 2000, The Baltimore Sun published her first column, a piece about playing soccer with her son—from her wheelchair. With over 400 columns, she then launched Thoughtful Thursdays – Lessons from a Resilient Heart, a weekly column that shares what’s inspired her to stay positive. In 2017, she published her first book, Rethinking Possible: A Memoir of Resilience. Becky resides in Lutherville, Maryland, outside of Baltimore.

Table of Contents

Prologue: What's Planned Is Possible vii

Chapter 1 The Accident 1

Chapter 2 Forest 17

Chapter 3 A Family Shattered 25

Chapter 4 A Marriage of Winners 34

Chapter 5 Family Again 46

Chapter 6 Miscarriage 56

Chapter 7 Undiagnosed Disease 62

Chapter 8 Expect Obstacles 74

Chapter 9 When Hope Hurts 82

Chapter 10 When Winners Fail 95

Chapter 11 The Closure Party 104

Chapter 12 One in a Million 117

Chapter 13 A Useless Master's Degree 132

Chapter 14 Finding My Words 144

Chapter 15 Pain Is Inevitable 162

Chapter 16 The "C" Word 182

Chapter 17 Rejected Again and Now Replaced 192

Chapter 18 Dark Days 201

Chapter 19 Acceptance Changes Everything 210

Chapter 20 Farewell to My Father 222

Chapter 21 Saying Good-bye to Mom 233

Chapter 22 Losing Matthew 249

Chapter 23 The Wedding 256

Chapter 24 Facing Fear Again 269

Chapter 25 The Greatest of These 282

Chapter 26 The Empty Nest 292

Epilogue: Rethinking Possible 299

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