TRUCK RIDING HER BIKE TO SCHOOL. I HIT THE BALL. YAY! MCKENNA SAVAGE’S SPARKLING PERSONAL A.R.T. REMAINS UNCHANGED. IN FACT, SHE SAYS, HER GOLF SWING MIGHT EVEN BE BETTER, SINCE THAT FATEFUL DAY, TWO YEARS AGO. JUST A COUPLE WEEKS INTO EIGHTH GRADE, SHE WAS RIDING HER BIKE TO SCHOOL WHEN SHE WAS HIT BY A LANDSCAPING TRUCK SUFFERING A TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY. MCKENNA WAS IN A MEDICALLY INDUCED COMA FOR TWO WEEKS. I FORGOT I HAD A FAMILY. I THOUGHT MOM WAS LIKE AN INTRUDER. AYER. I HAD NO IDEA WHY I WAS THERE. IT WAS SO WEIRD. ALSO LEFT BLIND AND DEAF ON HER RIGHT SIDE. MCKENNA HAD TO LEARN HOW TO WALK, HOW TO EAT, HOW TO WRITE. AND SPEAK AGAIN. AND SHE DID IT ALL WITH AMAZING SPEED. LITERALLY, ONE DAY I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL. ONE DAY I WAS IN THE CAR. ONE DAY I WAS AT HOME RUNNING TRACK. I IT WAS FAST. I WAS STUMBLING AND FALLING. DURING HER FIRST TRACK MEET, JUST OVER A YEAR AFTER THE CRASH, MCKENNA WAS DETERMINED TO FINISH. AND SHE DID. YOU ALREADY SAW HER BACK ON THE LINKS TOO. BUT HER TRUE PASSION IS SKIING, HITTING THE SLOPES. EVEN WHILE SHE WAS STILL USING A WALKER IN THE HALLWAYS AT SCHOOL. WOO WOO WOO WALKING WITHOUT IT. NOW, SHE TOLD ME FOUR LINES. SHE CONSTANTLY REPEATS TO HERSELF DURING HER ONGOING RECOVERY. BEHIND ME IS MY MEMORY IS IN FRONT OF ME, IS MY DREAMS AROUND ME IS ALL THAT LOVE ME. AND INSIDE OF ME IS EVERYTHING I NEED. AND THAT THAT REALLY HELPED DRIVE ME. LOOK AT MCKENNA SAVAGE AND YOU’LL SEE A KID THAT PUSHES THROUGH ADVERSITY, DOESN’T TAKE NO FOR AN ANSWER. AND WE ACTUALLY SOMETIMES HAVE TO SAY, WHOA, LIKE, LET’S TAP THE BRAKES. WE’RE NOT GOING TO SAY NO. BUT LIKE THE YELLOW CAUTION LIGHT WAS INVENTED FOR YOU BECAUSE WE KEEP GOING, GO, GO, GO. WE’RE WE’RE GOING TO BE GOING WAY TOO FAST. WHERE DO YOU FIND THE TIME TO DO ALL OF THIS? I DON’T GET NO TIME TO JUST BE SAD. I’M JUST I’M BUSY. THAT THAT’S HOW I LIKE IT. A BUSY DAY IS A HAPPY DAY. THAT POSITIVE. I’VE NO QUIT ATTITUDE IN INSPIRING EVERYONE. MCKENNA SAVAGE MEETS. WHICH IS WHY MCKENNA YOU DESERVE A BIG OLE HIGH FIVE AND SHE WEARS THOSE ROSE COLORED GLASSES, BOTH LITERALLY AND FIGURATIVELY. MCKENNA CALLS HERSELF THE LUCKIEST GIRL IN THE WORLD BECAUSE SHE’S ABLE TO TAKE A FULL CLASS LOAD, MAKE IT TO PHYSICAL THERAPY AND SPEECH TWICE A WEEK, TAKE PART IN THE SCHOOL MUSICAL, AND EVEN TRY OUT A FEW NEW SPORTS THIS SCHOOL YEAR. LIKE SHE SAID, NO TIME TO