For nearly 20 years, Mandie Asay has instilled a love for music in hudreds of Cowley, Wyoming, students by leading the high school choir, organizing concerts and teaching elementary classes.

The only thing that euqals her passion for teaching is her divine singing voice.

Now her sister Maggie Asay says Mandie is hanging on for life in a Billings, Montana, hospital with a dream to one day again sing with her powerful and angelic voice and inspire kids.

Maggie, who lives in Laramie, said her sister, who lives in and grew up in Powell, has had chronic health issues since she was 12.

“It took a long time for her to get diagnosed, but eventually she was diagnosed with CRPS, which is chronic regional pain syndrome,” she said. “It’s a progressive nerve disease that kind of takes over your who

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