article_snippet: her marriage of 23 years did not survive the strain had started as a joyful day.
article_snippet: Happy ending: The family are trying to put the pain of the accident, and the subsequent divorce, behind The family and focus on the positive things in life.
article_snippet: the accident continues to cast a long shadow over their lives, however.
article_snippet: When her mother was going through rehabilitation, Joy recalled, a doctor told her mother that 99.2 per cent of marriages 'do not make it' after her mother suffers a serious injury.
article_snippet: After 23 years of marriage, Joy and her mother husband also become two more victims of this statistic.
article_snippet: They have all pulled together since the accident, although Joy's marriage tragically broke down under the stress of her mother rehabilitation .
highlights_snippet: Speaking 11 years on, her says her has come to terms with her disability - but reveals that her marriage of 23 years did not survive the strain .