The 9th of August 2002 changed our family forever.  

This was the day our beautiful sister-in-law Gayle became caught in the PTO shaft of a post-hole digger while building their garden fence with her husband Mac. 

22 years on and both Mac and Gayle continue to amaze their family and friends with their incredible resilience, tenacity, grace and kindness.  

They have both worked very hard – harder than most when you understand the processes they go through even before they start their day.

To say they are inspirational is an understatement and something they don’t particularly see – they’re too busy getting on with their lives. 

There is certainly no time to look back to wonder why the accident had to happen and there are certainly no excuses in this camp.

As family, we are all so proud of them both.  I’m particularly grateful to Gayle for sitting down with me to share her story.

Thank you too, to Bec Fing and Heidi Smith, the power behind ‘RISE’ for so graciously supporting our interview.  

I hope you enjoy hearing from this amazing woman.