Inspiration Messages From Lacey Henderson

It was in 2007 when the double bill horror movie named ‘Grindhouse’ was released to the silver screen. The film was a tribute to seedy movie houses (also called grind houses), which generally showed low rate ‘B’ movies. This new film appropriately only had mediocre success at the box office.

Despite being a film with few inspiration messages, ‘Grindhouse’ became something of a cult movie.

The first of the two features was entitled ‘Planet Terror’ and introduced a heroine named Cherry Darling, portrayed by the actress Rose McGowan. As these things go, Darling, helped by a sidekick, has to repel an invasion of zombies threatening the world. Her main weapon is an assault rifle attached to her leg as a prosthetic limb.

The scene transfers to the Comic Con exhibition of 2007, held at the San Diego Convention Centre. This annual event brings large numbers of enthusiasts to its stands dealing with all things film, television, science fiction, fantasy and comic book.

To promote the two movies, Grindhouse had its own stand at the event and it was felt a great feature would be to have Cherry Darling herself there to greet the fans. It proved impossible to have Rose McGowan attend in person, so a replacement was found. The person who thrilled the crowds that day was Lacey Henderson.

Miss Henderson is now twenty one years old and has been a great success as a gymnast and cheerleader. Indeed, she is a fine all-round sportswoman with experience in pole vaulting, soccer, snowboarding, skiing, rock climbing and volleyball; a wide range of activities for anyone. Recently Lacey also spent time as a counsellor and dance instructor at a youth camp.

To understand what is particularly special about this talented young woman we have to recall the unusual feature exhibited by Cherry Darling in the movie.

Lacey Henderson began develop lumps to the back of her knee at the age of nine years. Tests proved the existence of synovial sarcoma plus a cancerous spot on the lungs. She had to undergo sessions of chemotherapy which nearly killed her as it was discovered she had liver and kidney damage too. Despite all this the conclusion was made that there was no alternative but to remove her right leg.

Her parents were a strength to her when things seemed desperate. Lacey was not treated by them as anyone different and their attitude helped her form a determined attitude and to get the most out of life.

Currently she is at Denver University reading French, Spanish and International Health. Lacey has a job working as a waitress and has undertaken several modeling assignments. Perhaps not surprisingly she has now been asked to join the Paralympic ski team.

Lacey is determined to share her own words of motivation to other people who have had the same experience and help them believe in themselves. “I like the idea of letting people know you don’t have to let a disability limit what you can do.” Nonetheless, she describes herself as ‘differently abled’ and, as she was quoted in her local newspaper, “I’m not disabled, I’ve just got one leg.”

There is no doubt that we will be hearing more words of motivation from the remarkable Lacey Henderson.

About the Author

Keith Braithwaite is a generally nosey and opinionated guy but his heart is in the right place. After nearly thirty years in the corporate world and twenty keenly observing direct selling, he is now following interests in health and beauty, self-development, internet marketing and historical studies and is fascinated by human nature and behaviour.

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