
“I had crowned women facing illness before I realized I would one day need to crown myself.”
The story behind the crown
What held her body together became a symbol of becoming whole.
After surviving a head-on collision, a coma, traumatic brain injury and a broken back, Amanda’s recovery became an apprenticeship in courage.
When the surgical metal was removed from her spine, she forged it into a crown—a reclamation of the body, the story and the future.

