Award winning author Lenor Madruga Chappell was a beautiful young woman - model, radio personality, wife of a rancher, mother of two, and active citizen in her California hometown. On the morning of her thirty-second birthday, she discovered a hard lump in her groin and subsequently underwent a hemipelvectomy: removal of her left leg and hip.
 
Her victorious story is an inspiration not only to the millions of amputees throughout the world, but to all who face physical or emotional trauma. See "About Lenor" Page for her story.
 
Lenor has been a keynote speaker (Motivational and Inspirational) at National Cancer Conferences in America, Canada and Europe; a speaker with Celebrities Against Cancer, a speaker at major fund-raising events including the National Easter Seal Telethon, and a speaker at hospitals and universities throughout America and Europe.
 
Browse through the website and learn more about Lenor, her books about her courageous battle and her life then and now. See the Articles and Lectures sections for write-ups and inspiring testimonials.

Lenor offer wisdom and strength to those coming to terms with there own loss, this remarkable story of learning to love again is amazingly uplifting, yet achingly honest. This is a story that will touch your soul.