In my last post I wrote about the benefits of being limbless. There’s one very important benefit though that I didn’t address: people. It took years for me realize how lucky I am that through my disability I get see people for who they really are.
When I first meet someone, the fact that I’m limbless throws all [...]
So, I thought riding a Harley was the best adventure of my life but I was wrong. Let me back up a minute.
 When I was a child I told a friend of mine that I wanted to ride a motorcycle one day. About twenty years later that same friend, Sam, made it happen! He made [...]
All my life I’ve been drawn toward people who face alcoholism. Don’t ask me why. I’ve had a lifetime of analyzing this issue and still have no clue! One alcoholic who had over 20 years in recovery told me years ago, “You’re so loving, you love the unlovable!” I don’t know about that.
 What I do [...]
Have you ever noticed that just when you get all wrapped up in your own “stuff,” God does have a way of making you check in with reality? If we just look around, the little issues in our daily lives can usually be challenged by something so much bigger.
It happened to me today. I called [...]
In the last week or so, my roommate Jordon must have noticed that I was pretty down for several days. She showed up one night with her high school marching band instrument, the clarinet, and decided to teach me how to “play.” Her plan worked and this is the results.
This picture is from a video that [...]
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Last Wednesday’s post was all about some of the absurd moments that spring out of living with Personal Care Attendants. It’s a life like non other and only someone who has lived it would fully understand. The issue of living with PCAs is the most difficult of my adult life. Finding someone really good [...]
