portraits: TAMPA, Fla. - Sara Rosenbaum sits for a portrait with her boyfriend Mike Phillips, 27, at Phillips' home. Phillips is paralyzed everywhere except his face and his thumb as the result of a congenital defect. Rosenbaum had ended their relationship because she felt he had no room in his life for her. After Phillips asserted himself more, hired professional caretakers and demanded his family respect personal boundaries, she took him back.
