When baby “Twig” was born three months early and weighing just 2lbs and 10oz, her parents were told she wasn’t going to make it and advised them to get her christened. But the tiny tot, Violet and Frederick Anderson’s eighth child, miraculously pulled through. Six months later, Pauline “Twig” Anderson was diagnosed with cerebral palsy and doctors warned the family she would not live beyond the age of 21. Her milestone birthday came and went and, yet again, Pauline, the youngest of four brothers and three sisters, who lived in Weedswood, just outside Chatham, defied all odds. Remarkably, 40 yea…
