Keynote: Power of the Powerless

Keynote: The Power of the Powerless Susan Zimmermann had life on a string—Yale Law degree, wonderful husband, excellent health, and perfect first child—when everything started to fall apart. Within a few months, her daughter Katherine went from perfect to profoundly hurt and no one could tell her why. She set out on a journey to “fix her kid.” Along the way, Katherine—who is now thirty and was diagnosed with Rett syndrome when she was seven—taught her that rare gifts come in unexpected packages. Susan weaves together blunt honesty and humor as she shares the value of our stories, the beauty of our daughters, and the power each of us has to say “yes” to whatever life throws us. — Saturday morning