Jun 3, 2024 | Advocacy, Funnies, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury
I posted a few pictures a few weeks ago when I went Adapted Scuba Diving with Thresher Aquatics. Many of you have seen my shark diving video, but I want to assure you that those that don’t feel like diving with sharks – Thresher has incredible spots all...
Mar 18, 2024 | Advocacy, Before the Accident, Lessons Learned, Professional, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
BEST 41ST Birthday Present EVER! On my birthday, March 1, I received the most exciting news! I was selected to be 1 of 10 TEDx speakers at University of North Carolina (UNC) in Pembroke out of hundreds of applicants. Since I started speaking years ago this is been a...
Dec 13, 2023 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Professional
WHAT’S WORSE THAN BEING PARALYZED? Sleep Deprivation – Millions Sharing a collective pain together I’ve commented before that paralysis itself is not innately the biggest challenge with living a life in a wheelchair. It’s the secondary...
Dec 31, 2022 | Advocacy, Lessons Learned, Medical, Misc, Spinal Cord Injury, Uncategorized
My father raised me with so many incredible quotes. Over the course of 2022 and throughout all of my wonderful successes and failures – this one in particular continues to drive me on a daily basis: “Luck is the Residue of Design” – English Poet John...
