Laura is a 33-year-old, blue-eyed, long-haired brunette woman with a smile her face, hair pulled back into a pony tail, proudly standing on crutches, wearing a light blue long-sleeved top and white shorts with Nike running shoes. She stands unafraid to show her leg, amputated above her knee. She is in front of a tan wall adorned with a painted canvas photo of a little girl, her 7-year-old daughter, walking the beach in a blue dress, sandals in hand. Laura is has a colorful baby carrier strapped to her torso holding a 9-month-old female baby, facing her. Her right arm is draped down the side of the crutch. Her left arm is bent at the elbow, with her hand lovingly placed on the carrier around the infant’s back. In front of her is another infant, the same age, in a striped hooded sweater, crawling toward her. The image depicts a mother and her three daughters, even with her physical condition limiting her, she stands proudly as a woman, standing up for women’s rights and her daughters’ future.
My name is Laura Denney. I am an amputee with a very rare vascular condition called Servelle Martorell Syndrome. I am currently unable to use my prosthetic. I also have five children, including 13-month-old twins who are still exclusively breastfed/no bottles. Thus, I am unable to attend the March.
This March is important to me because I have 3 daughters who will grow up knowing that our country and electoral college failed them by letting a man who bragged about sexually assaulting women and mocked a disabled reporter become President. I need my daughters to grow up knowing that his behavior isn’t okay and that 3 million more people voted for Hillary and will be watching over them and other women to hopefully protect them from people like Trump. I also have 2 sons who need to know that Trump’s actions are unacceptable and that women deserve respect and to be seen and heard and will stand up for themselves.
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