I don't want anybody to feel sorry for me, and it's because of my parents. Nonetheless, it's been a tough road. Finally the surgeries stopped. Now, nothing seems to slow her down. She started snow skiing at age 14 and last year won a national competition for blind skiers on Mt. Shasta.
Kids can be cruel, and they get it from adults.
But I always thought, 'Don't listen. Kerri Nance, Kristy's supervisor, and her husband, Sgt. Rich Nance, call her an inspiration, a role model, a pleasure to work with. She aims to continue her law enforcement studies at Shasta College. Her choice of careers, like her blindness, has roots deep in her childhood.