My name is Janette Lawler and I'm quadriplegic. Sounds like something you might hear at the beginning of a 12-step program, doesn't it? Well, I am an addict, but not the type that needs therapy. I'm addicted to travel. When I was 13 years old, I won an all-expense paid trip to Hawaii. Six months later, I won another trip to Disneyland. Another six months went by, and I was off to Cozumel and the Yucatán Peninsula. There is no doubt that I got the travel bug at an early age, and I've had ever since. After college, I started working in the hotel and restaurant industry at an entry-level position in management. A few months later, I was the Cashier Manager at the Hyatt Regency in Denver (now called the Grand Hyatt Denver.) I then
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