A version of this story recently featured in Radio Nationals Life Matters (Thursday June 28 2018) on ‘Life in 500 Words: Life Changing Experiences‘.
How could I look so happy?
![The girl who lived plus Minerva brace](https://diywoman.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/02/Minerva-300x200.jpeg)
The car crash that left me with a sardine-can car and a broken neck happened seven years ago. I thought I had avoided cameras for the three months I was in that Minerva brace. Until this photo arrived in my inbox —–>