Katie and Me

p>While many people around the world watched the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin Italy twelve-year-old Katie Hillson harbored Olympic dreams dreams that had been growing since she was a young girl. But Katie's aspirations were shattered when she suffered a sudden life-changing skiing injury the same day she qualified for the Junior Olympic Festival. </p> <p>In <i>Katie and Me</i> Taji Warren Hillson tells the family's story as Katie is challenged to go through the same mourning process as death as well as learning to live with and accommodate a disability. Taji narrates how mother and daughter confronted the psychological and emotional struggles in the aftermath of the crash and subsequent surgeries. Intertwined is a secondary tale of friendship bonding and abandonment that contains the healing aspects of forgiveness and transformational power of unconditional love.</p> <p>With excerpts and artwork by Katie and testimonials from those who knew her <i>Katie and Me</i> addresses topics that pushed the pair into the unsaid and unknown parts of themselves to educate and inspire others facing adversity.</p>