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It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Alexander, a lifelong competitive athlete, rode her bike home from work, having just learned her job with the nonprofit PeaceJam was secure. She had survived a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery that almost took her life, and was married at last to the love of her life, Sean. Life was good as she met the eyes of a truck driver rolling up to the stop sign beside her.

He didn''t stop.

The truck hit Colleen, running over her lower body with front and back tires and dragging her across the pavement. As she bled out in the street, nearby stranger surrounded her and the driver attempted to get away. An EMT herself, Colleen knew she had to stay awake. I''ve just been reconnected with my soulmate, she told the medic. We want to have a baby. I can''t die now. Please don''t let me die. Colleen spent five weeks in a coma and had 29 surgeries. But she survived, and despite losing her job and suffering from PTSD, she bega

Gratitude in Motion

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    A Hardback by Colleen Kelly Alexander, Jenna Glatzer

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      Publisher Center Street
      Published 8 February 2018
      ISBN-13 9781455571130
      978-1455571130
      ISBN-10 145557113X
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      Autobiography: sport Biography: sport Gender studies: women and girls

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      It was a beautiful fall day in Connecticut when Colleen Alexander, a lifelong competitive athlete, rode her bike home from work, having just learned her job with the nonprofit PeaceJam was secure. She had survived a diagnosis of lupus and brain surgery that almost took her life, and was married at last to the love of her life, Sean. Life was good as she met the eyes of a truck driver rolling up to the stop sign beside her.

      He didn''t stop.

      The truck hit Colleen, running over her lower body with front and back tires and dragging her across the pavement. As she bled out in the street, nearby stranger surrounded her and the driver attempted to get away. An EMT herself, Colleen knew she had to stay awake. I''ve just been reconnected with my soulmate, she told the medic. We want to have a baby. I can''t die now. Please don''t let me die. Colleen spent five weeks in a coma and had 29 surgeries. But she survived, and despite losing her job and suffering from PTSD, she bega

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