The text reflects on the author’s seven-year journey post-spinal cord injury, highlighting the physical and emotional challenges faced, including surgery and adaptations to paralysis. As they turn 30, they express gratitude for life, a supportive community, and a newfound purpose in philanthropy, emphasizing personal growth and resilience despite adversity.
Category Archives: LIFE
2022 in Review
Happy New Year everyone! I hope everyone can do a little reflecting on 2022 as we move into 2023. I feel like the last three years were a sort of fever dream. Things got really weird when Covid hit the world stage and the years have blurred since then. I made a lot of changesContinueContinue reading “2022 in Review”
Home for the Holidays
The author reflects on their evolving experiences celebrating Christmas from 2013 to 2019. After joining the Army, they appreciated holidays with family, even while facing challenges like hospitalization in 2017. By 2019, they enjoyed a joyful Christmas surrounded by loved ones, illustrating personal growth and resilience amid life’s changes.
The Day It All Changed
It was a Saturday morning. I woke up in my brother’s apartment and rolled my sore body off of his couch (AKA my bed). I opened my shattered iPhone 5 to send a good morning text to Kass. It was already 1:30 on the East Coast so I felt like a real jerk for sleepingContinueContinue reading “The Day It All Changed”