Just look at this cutie! When I first saw this picture, my heart melted a little bit! The little girl in the picture has Spina Bifida, just like my son. Tricia, the little girl's mother, was inspired by a quote. I contacted Tricia and begged her to let me put the quote in vinyl. I love the way it turned out. Thank you, Little Mermaid, for inspiring us all.
I adopted my daughter when she was 10 months old. We were told she had Spina Bifida, and while we were completely ignorant about it, SB was not about to stop us from bringing home our daughter.
She is now 4. She rocks her wheelchair, (she loves popping wheelies and doing donuts), and she walks with a walker and braces.
On Facebook someone posted the quote, "You don't have to be able to walk to be beautiful. Just ask the mermaids." It immediately touched me. We just moved and I was planning on an elephant themed bathroom for my pachyderm loving daughter. After seeing this quote, I immediately switched gears- with the quote being the centerpiece of the theme.
I painted 2 paintings of my daughter as mermaids, I bought some mermaid fabric to make curtains, and I bought a mermaid costume to do a photoshoot of my mermaid daughter. This vinyl quote brings it all together!
-Tricia Keierleber
