(talking about riding horses) Dana Reeve: I rode my whole life, and after Chris had his accident, I stopped riding, primarily because he loved it so much, and I think it really would have been painful for him if I was going off riding and he wasn't able to. And it didn't mean that much to me to drop.
Dana Reeve: We have become accustomed to living our life with joy amidst pain and challenges.
Dana Reeve: You have to celebrate the gifts because life is so hard and I think once you realize life's gonna be hard, the good stuff really comes forward.
Several months before her death, she taped the PBS documentary The New Medicine focusing on the growing trend in medical care combining holistic and traditional treatment.
She was an activist for disability causes.
She was a singer.
Dana had two sisters.
She created fundraiser trinkets for the Foundation.
She did a long-running commercial for Tide laundry detergent that aired during the 1990s.
She graduated in English Literature from Middlebury College in Vermont in 1984.
In 2005, she received the Mother of the Year Award
She married Christopher Reeve on April 11, 1992.
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