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Up the stairs, down the stairs, to the mall and home again. Our legs take us everywhere. But have you ever stopped to really appreciate them? I am just as guilty of this as the next person with the typical use of their legs. We all stare at the person with no legs wheeling in the mall, as described in Body Imperfect by Debi Davis. This story and A Giant Step both tell of the …

…through life without even thinking about the gift of our legs. We look over walking, running and even something as simple as tying our shoes, some thing the person in Davis’s story will never again be able to do. These two stories describe different perspectives of a similar disability. Though they had many hardships, they triumphed in the end. They came out of the dark looking at life in a new light. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**