Conference showcases empowered amputees

SPRINGFIELD – “There is life after amputation.” A simple, yet powerful message conveyed last weekend at the Power On With Limb Loss (POWLL) Discover Conference.

It’s a phrase that compels Paula Free, POWLL founder and executive director, who had her left leg amputated below the knee in 2011 after a motorcycle accident.

“A lot of people go through grief; I found that we all grieve in different ways, and we all grieve at different times,”…