When Sharon Elliot gave birth 19 years ago, doctors told her things didn't look good. Her baby was born fifteen weeks premature and weighed just a little more than a pound. He was blind and deaf and would never walk, they said.

"He should be institutionalized," a doctor told Sharon in the hospital. "You won't be able to manage this by yourself." But what the young mother did next was nothing short of remarkable.

Before you ever feel inclined to quit or admit defeat; before you believe the impossible will always be out of your grasp; before you tell yourself that there is no magic in faith; watch Shailen Abram's story.

Despite his challenges -- which are numerous -- Shai teaches us all how to look in the mirror and become the person we wish to see.