This Self-Taught Pianist is Inspiring Story of Determination & Passion
If you believe in miracles, Hee Ah Lee is one of them who came to Earth as a human. Born with only two fingers on each hand and her legs being amputated at the knees when she was a child, she is a walking miracle as she is not only good at playing piano, she is amazing at what she does. Thin legs did exist below her knees, but they had to be amputated when she was just 3 years of age. Since then, she has been using her knees as her feet. The doctors were expecting that she won’t live, but she did and gave this world one of the best pianists we have known today!
Lee’s mother was married to a disabled man, and that is when she got pregnant with Lee. Lee’s father was a soldier who got injured in a military operation and got paralyzed below the waist. Sun was his attending nurse, and that is how they met. They eventually got married but never imagined having a baby. Doctors had already told her that her baby will be born as an abnormal child because of certain medication she had been taking for motion sickness, but she decided to have the child. In 1985, she gave birth to Hee Ah Lee in South Korea who is an inspiration for so many others now. Although adviced by doctors and relatives to give up the child for adoption as Lee was born with disfigured hands and legs, she decided to take the child home and give all the love.
When Lee was 6-years-old, she was asked by her mother to take piano lessons to strengthen her hands. A lot of schools turned them down before they finally found a teacher who was willing to teach her. Until 3 months it was all blank, and Lee did not learn much to play the piano. Then one day, there was a time when Sun actually threw her daughter, Lee in frustration giving up all hope on her. However, Lee back on the bench played the song she was learning for the first time. That was a major turning point in her life.
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