Dear Friends and Supporters,
Many of you know my friend Mari Hamburger. I met her in 1981 when we both worked as Respiratory Therapists at Mary Lanning Hospital in Hastings, NE. On July 4, 1990 Mari’s life changed dramatically when she was hit by a motor vehicle and suffered a C5-C6 spinal cord injury. Before the accident, Mari played piano and sang in a local band on weekends. Mari had previously earned her B.A. degree and teaching certificate from Kearney State College and hoped to get a position teaching high school music.
She has been wheelchair dependent ever since however, in every other way, Mari is one of the most independent people I know. She has lived on her own for the past 23 years and with her positive attitude and a lot of determination, she is living a full and active life. She has endured several difficult situations during that time; including many of her own health issues mostly injury-related, as well as her dad’s illness and death and the more recent loss of her only sister to lung cancer in May 2012.
Guestbook
November 14, 2024
God bless you
Anonymous
March 8, 2017
we want to wish you the best in years to come. You have blessed so many with your beautiful song. God bless uou
Dale and Janis Keasling
December 31, 2013
Mari,
Charlotte and I are privileged to be able to participate in this timely and noble endeavor. The intrepidness you demonstrate has allowed you to come this far and you have plenty of fight left. You are an inspiration for all.
Samuel
