As it explains on Meg’s website, “Meg fell off a cliff and broke her neck in 2004 and spent four months in the hospital recovering from multiple injuries and returned home without the use of her legs, back, stomach, or hands – a quadriplegic.”
I met Meg when she came to speak at our church (for a Stake Relief Society Conference). I didn’t know what to expect. From her picture, I imagined that she had found a way to be happy, despite her difficult circumstances (something that always inspires me), but I also expected that she would barely be able to speak into a microphone, use her body very much, or DO very much besides speaking. I was wrong. Meg is an inspirational person. She is having an amazing influence on others, inspiring everyone she comes in contact with.
In the years since her accident, instead of dwelling on all the thing she CAN’T do, Meg fills her life with things she CAN. She became very involved with the Ms Wheelchair America pageant. She instituted a service outreach program and authored several motivational books and CD’s. She is a motivational and inspirational speaker. She also has a website in which, she writes a “Monthly Message”, and puts out YouTube videos spotlighting things she CAN do. These always inspire me to be grateful for how wonderful it is to HAVE a body. Her theme is, “When life gets too hard to stand, just keep rollin’!”
Meg inspires me to make the most of my life, to focus on things that I CAN do, and to be grateful for what I have. Meg is also expecting a baby soon. I think she will make a wonderful mother. I would encourage anyone who would like to get to know more about Meg, to visit her website at: www.megjohnsonspeaks.com.
