Rebecca Faye Smith GalliRebecca Faye Smith Galli (Becky) is a weekly columnist who lives in Baltimore, Maryland and writes about love, loss, and healing. Surviving significant losses--her seventeen-year-old brother's death; her son's degenerative disease and subsequent deat; her daughter's autism; her divorce; and nine days later, her paralysis from transverse myelitis, a rare spinal cord inflammation that began as the flu--has fostered an unexpected but prolific writing career. In 2000, The Baltimore Sun published her first column about playing soccer with her son--from the wheelchair. Fifteen years later, with 400 published columns and a completed memoir, she launched "Thoughtful Thursdays--Lessons from a Resilient Heart" - a weekly column for her subscriber family that shares what's inspired her to stay positive. She also periodically contributes to The Baltimore Sun's Op-Ed page, Midlife Boulevard, Nanahood, and The Mighty. Join her Thoughtful Thursdays family at www.beckygalli.com/signup. Read More Read Less