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Aug 10, 2001

"“I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that don't work.”" --Thomas Edison

An international award celebrates the daily victories of a determined woman born without limbs but with a will to succeed. Though every move of every day poses a challenge - from answering the phone to powering up her desktop - she's not much for bitterness or self-pity. "Your life is what you put into it," said Rindfleisch, fresh off a whirlwind tour of Washington and
an audience with President Bush. "If you make it productive and happy, you'll be happy," she said. "If you're always a downer, you won't."