Keep me healthy in my wheelchair so I can spread your Gospel to more special-needs families who need to see your plan in their lives. Keep me going so I can give your hope and help to people around the world who are struggling under the weight of suffering! And my prayer for you? That you join me as I wheel into the future… join me in giving the hope of Christ to many more disabled people! So, turn up the brightness on this special day.
This year marks a miracle milestone for Joni. As of , Tada is still a board member of the Lausanne Movement. The music of the song was by Bruce Broughton and lyrics by Dennis Spiegel. With limited lung capacity due to her disability, Tada, had her husband, Ken, pushing on her diaphragm while she recorded the song to give her enough breath to hit the high notes.
Tada has no professional training in music. She has been interviewed in the Chicago Tribune. In November , Tada signed an ecumenical statement known as the Manhattan Declaration calling on evangelicals, Catholics and Orthodox Christians to work towards changing laws which permit abortion, and other matters that go against their religious consciences.
Tada received media attention in for her performance of the title song from the Christian film Alone yet Not Alone. While the song's writers initially received an Academy Award nomination for Best Song, the nomination was later revoked for what the Academy deemed improper campaigning by the composer, Bruce Broughton. Some controversy followed this decision, and subsequent media attention helped the song's official YouTube video, featuring Tada, surpass one million views.
Joni married Ken Tada in For many years, Ken was a high school history teacher and coach, though he is now retired. Ken is sansei, meaning that he is the third generation to be born in the United States after his family relocated from Japan.
Ken and Joni live in Calabasas, California. She underwent a mastectomy and chemotherapy. Her treatment proved successful, and she was declared cancer-free in In November , Tada was diagnosed with a malignant nodule on her chest wall near the site of her original cancer.
Radiation treatments for the nodule proved successful and in July she announced that she had once again been declared cancer-free. Image: joniandfriends. Her childhood was an extremely happy one.
The Eareckson family shared a great love for the outdoors, which promoted family togetherness. They shared in various outdoor activities such as camping trips, horseback riding, hiking, tennis, and swimming. In , after graduating from high school, Joni had her fateful accident.
It was a hot July day and she was to meet her sister Kathy and some friends at the beach on Chesapeake Bay to swim. When she arrived, she dove in quickly, and immediately knew something was wrong. Though she felt no real pain, a tightness seemed to encompass her. Her first thought was that she was caught in a fishing net and she tried to break free and get to the surface. She realized she was running out of air and resigned herself to the fact that she was going to drown.
Her sister, Kathy, called for her. She ran to Joni and pulled her up. Kathy pulled her out and Joni gasped for air. Joni was puzzled as to why her arms were still tied to her chest. Kathy yelled for someone to call an ambulance and Joni was rushed to the hospital. She had broken her neck — a fracture between the fourth and fifth cervical levels.
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