Army Specialist Comes Home To See Her Once-stricken Daughter Walk

Another best ever Christmas.

Cheyenne Leslie, 4, was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and seizures as an infant. Doctors said she would be wheelchair bound for the rest of her life (doctors are so encouraging aren't they?...not). But with 200 hours of intense therapy by a wonderful program called Therapies 4 Kids, Cheyenne was able to run to her mother, Cyd Leslie, an Army specialist who has served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Cyd only saw a glimpse of her daughter taking unsteady, awkward steps on video.

The last time Leslie saw Cheyenne in person, she would take a few tentative steps and stumble.

So to finally see her walking, much less running, is nothing short of a miracle, a taste of everything her little girl will be able to accomplish in life.

For years, 24-year-old Cyd has been hoping “kids don’t tease” Cheyenne and “wondering if she’s going to have a boyfriend.”

But when Cheyenne bounded into her arms Tuesday night, she thought, “I’ll never forget this feeling.”

At the playground near her home, Cheyenne would watch other children tumble and climb on seesaws and swings, monkey bars and ropes. But it was the slide that captivated her.

“Grandma, why can’t I do that?” she said, watching the children navigate up to the dizzying descent of the slide.

It broke Grandma Dominga Leslie’s heart.

“Someday you will,” she told her.

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Joy...

h/t to Ace of Spades HQ

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