A life sentence of being paralyzed from the chest down and confined to a wheelchair will cause one to question many things about life. One of the biggest fears I had early in my injury as a young woman was whether or not I would be able to experience being in a relationship again. Did I …
28 years of learning
28 years ago today, I woke up to what I thought would be another normal day in my 15-year-old life. Little did I know that by the end of the night, I would find myself on medevac flight to Fairbanks with a life-threatening spinal cord injury. I could see the panic in the eyes of everyone …
Thankful for Intergenerational Healing Moments
A picture says a thousand words. Watching my girl land the boat a couple of weeks ago was such an overwhelmingly beautiful experience for me. The simple act of her dad showing her how to do this was healing to me in so many ways. Such a simple interaction between father and daughter …
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I’ll never be happy again: the lie I believed for years
Over 27 years ago, I woke up in the intensive care unit unable to move 90% of my body and with a tube inserted into the middle of my neck, pushing air into my lungs. Are you struggling with social distancing? Did you recently lose your job because of our current circumstances in the world? Are …
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The experience that was worst than the 1992 car accident that left me paralyzed.
Yesterday was my 43rd birthday. I’m thankful to be alive, literally. I’ve held onto this photo of Zac and I for so long without ever sharing it. I don’t like to think about, yet talk about, the days surrounding this photo because it gives me anxiety. Being paralyzed from the chest down, I use …