Sep 7, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Professional, Uncategorized
📬 The most nerve-racking piece of mail I’ve opened in years: a denial letter from my health insurance provider. Not just a denial for a new wheelchair — a denial of continuity of care. A denial of common sense. WHAT I ASKED FOR That my long-time wheelchair provider —...
Sep 1, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Sex + Dating, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(200 PEOPLE. 1 BOOK. 1 WILDLY UNFORGETTABLE NIGHT.)I’m rarely speechless (and let’s be honest, that never happens) — but my book launch for Unbreakable(ish): I Wasn’t Built for Boring hosted & donated by the North Carolina Museum of Art left me totally blown...
Jun 9, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
Because if you’re going to live life on the edge, make sure it’s properly harnessed. Skydiving has been on my bucket list since forever—but I didn’t get the chance before I broke my neck in a shallow water dive and became a C6 quad, paralyzed from the chest down with...
May 20, 2025 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
There are a few things I wish someone had handed me early in life: 📝 A how-to guide on being paralyzed with style📉 A manual on avoiding airport catastrophe🎁 And maybe a coupon for lifetime bubble wrap I didn’t know what I didn’t know—until I learned the hard way. And...
Mar 8, 2025 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
(Because Some Moments Take Time to Face) Signing up for the National Storytelling Competition made me revisit a photograph I’ve never shared beforeI blocked off four-hour chunks for book editing. Progress update? Still on round one… with three more to go. Turns out,...
