"Sometimes my body wakes me up and says ‘Hey, you haven’t had pain in a while. How about pain?’ And sometimes I can’t breathe, and that’s hard to live with. But I still celebrate life and don’t give up."
- Mattie StepanekDespite having serious health issues from a young age, Mattie Stepanek was a young author who rose to fame for his books on understanding and peace. He had to cope with pain and physical limitations that many people never encounter because he was born with a rare form of muscular dystrophy, which af…