Dec 17, 2020 | Advocacy, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Mental Health. Society has come to appreciate the importance of mental health just as much as physical health in recent decades, but somehow there still a negative shadow cast over those who open up about mental challenges they may be facing. If you break...
Oct 23, 2020 | Family, Lessons Learned, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Recently my husband and I took a week long vacation to visit a friend in Florida. I distinctly remember one day when he was helping me with all of my bathroom duties, getting my swimsuit on, lifting me up from a very low surface bed (killing his back), lifting...
Sep 28, 2020 | Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
I am so incredibly honored to have been posted on United Wheels Podcast by United Spinal Association with Paul Amadeus Lane the other week. I feel truly blessed to be able to spread the message and help folks get “medically necessary equipment” approved by...
Apr 21, 2020 | Before the Accident, Family, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Misc, Uncategorized
In light of world events and the seriousness of everything many of us are going through with Covid-19 I thought it might be fun to talk about something completely off topic and also nothing related to spinal cord injury either! The following is a tale of my...
Mar 28, 2020 | Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Today is the first quiet moment I have had in over six weeks and I realized I had not engaged in one of my favorite activities – Writing! Life has been a fast-paced world wind of excitement, chaos, joy, and hustle recently. This doesn’t even include the...
Feb 24, 2020 | Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
[wpvideo AdXqmzir] Thinking back to my childhood I recall playing the “what do you want to be when you grow up” game with other kids. My answer was always a resounding “mermaid.” The water has always been such a central part of my life having grown up in the...
