MY PHILOSOFY FOR A HAPPY LIFE BY SAM BERNS: (Irene Vezzoli)

Sam is a seveenteen-year-old girl who is a victim of progeria, a very rare illness which only affects 350 people around the world and which effects include a lack of weigh, heart deseases and no hair.

She explains  that two years ago she wanted to play the snare drum in the school band, but there was a problem. Each of those intruments weights 50 pounds and she weights less than 25 pounds. So logistically it was impossible for her to carry it, but she wanted to play it in the school band so bad, so Sam and her family worked with an engineer to design a lighter instrument and after a log time working, they constructed a 6 pound snare drum.

Next, she explains that a year ago in an interview we was asked the question “What is the most important thing people should know about you?” and her answer was as simply as “I have a very happy life”. Even though she has to deal with a lot of obstacles in her life all produced by progeria, she tries as hard as she can to life a happy life. In her opinion, there are two aspects for a happy life. The first is  “be ok with what you can’t do because there’s so much you can do” and the second is “sorround yourself with people you want to be arround”.

To conclude she sais that she has been following this philosophy all her life and thanks to that, she is now able to live an almost normal and happy life.