What does it feel to be bound to a bed when you are 17? I don’t know. When I spoke with Hansika Tyagi, I was even more nervous than I was for my first podcast. I didn’t know how to talk to this 17-year-old who lives with spinal muscular atrophy. Her voice wavered. Her internet was spotty. And I struggled.
Yet, Hansika left me wondering about life. “I am my own hope,” she says here. There’s something about this girl. Is it courage? Resilience? But she was my teacher for those 30 minutes.
