Dec 13, 2018 | Before the Accident, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury
Last week I was on one of my spinal cord injury Facebook groups and I was reading a post where a gentleman was commenting on how he was in love, but he just felt so incredibly lucky that someone could love him with everything that comes along with dealing with spinal...
Nov 8, 2018 | Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
For the past two years I’ve taken several weeks a year to head down to Miami from my home in Raleigh, North Carolina for a “Life Break.” I used to live in Miami for about 12 years and am fortunate enough to have a place to stay when I go down there. I was feeling...
Aug 24, 2018 | Before the Accident, Family, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury
… I was staring at a blank page while thinking how to write the perfect article on how I got engaged this past weekend. My mind kept wandering back to when I was first injured in 2010 laying in my ICU bed with tubes coming out of every orifice of my body, a neck...
Aug 1, 2018 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
…If only air travel for a complete C6 quadriplegic paralyzed from the chest down were so easy! Since my accident nearly 8 years ago I have flown a handful of times. Most of my flying expeditions consisted of me moving across the world to China back in...
Jul 5, 2018 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury
Several months ago my boyfriend and I were set to celebrate our two-year anniversary of being together. We wanted to take our first solo vacation somewhere tropical and most importantly we wanted to do it alone. Needless-to-say I was quite nervous at the prospect of...
Jun 28, 2018 | Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Who knew that my first serious long-term adult relationship would be after my spinal cord injury? I certainly did not! I was always the type of girl to have 1 foot in a relationship and 1 foot out in my 20’s. When I would break up with the guy I would usually move...