Finding Heart: A Journey to Purpose by Katie Devlin
n the day after Thanksgiving in 2018, Shirley Wickman, founder of the non-profit Heart for Life, received the call that changed the pulse of her family’s life. “I think we have a heart for your son,” the nurse said calmly.
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cardiomyopathy — a rare heart condition where the chambers of your heart become stiff and thicken overtime. Rexford was given the gift of life and Shirley began her journey into advocacy, research, community — and, ultimately, purpose.
Shirley’s son, Rexford, had suffered a cardiac arrest three months prior and was diagnosed with restrictive
“After my family was affected by heart disease, I noticed as I was going through this journey that there wasn’t a lot
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