“Every cloud has its silver lining”. If that is true then my cloud is a hurricane. A lot of people have asked me how life is going as if they’re expecting me to give them an answer about how difficult it is or how horrible my new struggles are. My answer is always the same, “lifeContinue reading "Silver Linings"
Relearning and Reclaiming
How do you live your life? You learn how to live your life a certain way from the moment that you are born. I don’t mean that you learn to be nice or to respect others, but that you learn to breathe, walk and move. You learn how to associate certain muscles with other musclesContinue reading "Relearning and Reclaiming"
Accessibility
It is 2016. I am flying through a Walmart parking lot in rainy Tacoma, Washington. I am riding my Harley Davidson with my buddy Jason and the rain is pissing on us. We were running in and out to buy some chuck steaks and a 30 rack of Coors light for our weekend camping trip.Continue reading "Accessibility"
Forgiveness
This is easily the hardest topic for me to talk about. This also makes it the most necessary. What exactly is forgiveness? Is it simply saying “I forgive you” after someone says “sorry” and moving on? Is it making the mental decision to drop something that is negatively effecting you? Is it deciding that holdingContinue reading "Forgiveness"
Good Nerve and Bad Nerves
I’m sure that at some point in your life you have either been told “you’ve got some nerve” or said it to someone else. I have definitely been told the latter. Resiliency, stuborness, grit, nerve, call it what you want. But having nerve definitely saved my life.I was always a stubborn little shit growing up.Continue reading "Good Nerve and Bad Nerves"
My Injury
This is from my original Facebook post and it summarizes my injury pretty well. Today I am reminded of how much this last year has changed me and so many others. On February 11th I was getting ready to go to a shooting range in WA, where I had been stationed for the last 4Continue reading "My Injury"
Hands
Hands… Think about all of the things that you do from the moment you wake up all the way up to when your head hits your pillow to retire and start again in the morning. Hands come in all different shapes and forms. The rough hands of a construction worker, the calloused hands of aContinue reading "Hands"
Joining the Military
For me, joining the military was a very easy decision. Senior year of high school was full of all of this pressure to apply to colleges and I was in no way certain about what my future plans were. I certainly was not ready for college debt. The prospect of leaving all of my childhoodContinue reading "Joining the Military"