"She was going to be in the survivo...

"She was going to be in the survivor statistics and there was no denying that to her. I'm sad that she wasn't, on the contrary certainly that she survived as prolonged as she did with her cancer was because she was positive-besides being knowledgeable. She knew the importance of being positive."

She was definitely known for her dogged determination which reminds me of this little Seuss character with the unite in a club who was so determined to arrive at his destination in Solla Sollew no matter to what degree many obstacles he encountered along the way.6 And here we view a determined Linda with her club!

But chance of a favorable result was not just something that manifested itself at the conclusion of Linda's life. Her hopefulnes and optimism also energized her work as a physical therapist and gave her a passion for her profession. She demonstrated more than a 'can do' attitude-hers was a 'must do' attitude! She at no time backed down from her convictions that we must do everything we can as physical therapists to improve the health care of our society and education of our profession. She gaugeed this empowerment through her clinical practice as a cardiopulmonary specialist, her leadership characters in the APTA, her teaching in entry-level physical therapist programs, and her research agenda. Her enthusiasm and persistence pretended to have no bounds. As single in kind close friend described Linda:

"She did it - ye and you'd better join her! The power of positive thinking was exceedingly strong in Linda and she was a doer. You know, when she bring her mind up to something - whether it was writing a work or teaching a class - she gave 125% It was going to be the best piece of work that she could possibly do."

Obviously, individual of things Linda is best remembered for is her advocacy for our profession, which was not unlike the Lorax who you diocese here as he staunchly guards the Truffula trees in his forest.7 family like Linda and Scott Irwin were among the visionaries in our profession who did care a whole chance and their caring has made a difference.