Grace is a teenage girl who goes to my church.
My family and her family have known each other since before I was born.
Grace has wanted to play bass for 3 or 4 years, but there are a few things that were standing in her way, making it difficult, if not impossible, for her to play bass.
First, Grace has spina bifida. She is paralyzed from the waist down. Due to her condition, she is also very small. And, she has severe curvature of the spine, for which she is getting ready to have major surgery next month. She had several operations leading up to this one, but this is the one where they put rods in her back.
Second, Grace had nobody to teach her to play bass. We are in a pretty small town, and the one music store doesn't have much in the way of musical instruction.
Third, due to Grace's size and condition, most basses are too large, too heavy, and have too big of a neck for her tiny hands.
And fourth, Grace has no bass.
My family and her family have known each other since before I was born.
Grace has wanted to play bass for 3 or 4 years, but there are a few things that were standing in her way, making it difficult, if not impossible, for her to play bass.
First, Grace has spina bifida. She is paralyzed from the waist down. Due to her condition, she is also very small. And, she has severe curvature of the spine, for which she is getting ready to have major surgery next month. She had several operations leading up to this one, but this is the one where they put rods in her back.
Second, Grace had nobody to teach her to play bass. We are in a pretty small town, and the one music store doesn't have much in the way of musical instruction.
Third, due to Grace's size and condition, most basses are too large, too heavy, and have too big of a neck for her tiny hands.
And fourth, Grace has no bass.
