He lost both legs above the knee in an explosion at an American military base. When he talks about it, he simply says, "I managed to come back." He sometimes wears prosthetics, but most of the time he gets around in a wheelchair.
Rowan is strong and incredibly stubborn. He never lets anyone help him unless he absolutely has to.
My parents tried to support him. My mother, Gina, never really hid her doubts. The day before our wedding, as I stood at her kitchen counter picking up the invisible lint from my wedding dress, she lingered in the doorway.
"Think about it, Mikayla. You won't even have a proper wedding dance. Is this how you want to start your marriage?"
Rowan is strong and incredibly stubborn.
I tried to laugh it off, but it stuck with me. "I want a wedding, Mom. Not a dance or a performance."
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