Not only was yesterday Mother’s Day, it’s also the time of year when most colleges are holding their graduation ceremonies. A story on the front page of the Chicago Tribune story yesterday celebrated both. Lucy Trevino, who has Spinal Muscular Atrophy Type 3 and is confined to a wheelchair, graduated this past weekend with an engineering degree. Her mother, Rosa, helped make it possible, by being right there with her in class, to assist with all of the things that SMA wouldn’t allow Lucy to do…

For the six years it took to get through one of the most rigorous programs in the College of Engineering, it was Rosa—a tad shy and always thinking two steps ahead—who got her daughter to every class, lab and study session. She knew which text and notebook to lay on Lucy’s desk. And she turned the pages when a heavy book tired Lucy’s hands.

For two or three hours, as Lucy absorbed lectures in calculus or thermodynamics or circuit analysis, Rosa sat not far away, just in case Lucy needed a sip of water or began choking.

To read the entire wonderful story, please visit the Chicago Tribune website. A video of Lucy and Rosa is also available on that page.

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