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( page 18) was already giving thanks for her son Joey’s recovery from a farming accident when he gave her something new to celebrate. In January 2023, less than three years after losing both of his legs, Joey got down on one knee and proposed to his girlfriend, Dawn Decherd. Amend that to one knee. Joey has become so agile on his microprocessor-controlled prosthetics, he was able to ask Dawn to marry him the old-fashioned way. “It wasn’t graceful, but he did it,” Beth says with a smile. You’ll be happy

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