To start this one off, we’re going to have to take it all the way back to 2015. I had just started talking to this girl from back home. She was beautiful and we had incredible conversation. I remember her birthday was approaching and I wanted to get her something but I wanted to keepContinueContinue reading “To Bits & Pieces – 7.3.22”
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Looking Sharp
Well I just had the best week of my life! A week full of love, faith and commitment. I got to marry the love of my life and what an experience it was! However, I will do a separate, more in depth post about the burning love that I have for my WIFE! This postContinueContinue reading “Looking Sharp”
Memories
Time is such a strange concept. Just a unit of measurement while we spin around a giant flaming ball of gas. Sometimes I wish more than anything it would speed up and sometimes I wish more than anything that it would slow down. But somehow it keeps on flying. I will preface this post byContinueContinue reading “Memories”
Accessible Lodging
Why does finding accessible lodging need to be such a challenge? Hotel stays for me have been really hit or miss since my injury. Either the rooms are perfect or are an absolute nightmare. Most stays are somewhere in the middle. Thick carpet feels like quick sand for my front wheels. It’s exhausting to maneuverContinueContinue reading “Accessible Lodging”
Choose Compassion
Madigan Army Hospital, one of the oldest and largest hospital systems in the military sits proudly inside the gates of JBLM (Joint Base Lewis-McChord). This place evokes a lot of different emotions for me. I spent 4 and a half years on Fort Lewis in Washington, probably driving by Madigan ten thousand times. There wereContinueContinue reading “Choose Compassion”
Alive-versary Year 5
Sheesh, half a decade! Honestly the winter months become sort of a fog for me. I love the holidays and the family time but there’s always that lingering fog. Three of my Army friends were killed throughout these months; one on November, one in December, and another one in January. That brings us to February…ContinueContinue reading “Alive-versary Year 5”
Life in Increments
The number 4 is such a lame number. Does this number have any meaning to you? As a teenager it represented the number of years I counted up to while in high school. As a soldier it represented the annual countdown on my Army contract. Now it represents my entire existence. I remember it likeContinueContinue reading “Life in Increments”
Afghanistan: History Repeating | Humanity in Conflict
Part 1: History Repeating This quadriplegics thoughts about Afghanistan The Taliban retaking the country is a travesty This happening was predictable but is tragic nonetheless. I enjoyed my small piece in helping with training the Afghan Army & it is sad to see them losing the fight on their own. Afghanistan is a mess ofContinueContinue reading “Afghanistan: History Repeating | Humanity in Conflict”
Alive-versary Year 4
The author reflects on their decision to skip writing about the fourth year, suggesting this absence conveys its own narrative. They faced various challenges and blessings during 2021, including Covid isolation and becoming a homeowner, which led them to reconsider their life’s direction and prioritize personal decisions over blogging.
Took My Breath Away
“Black Lungs” Me in the ICU 2017 I wish that I could say that this post has nothing to do with the ever so present Coronavirus but unfortunately it does. More specifically, I want to write about my experiences on a ventilator. If we thought about each ventilator as a human life and not someContinueContinue reading “Took My Breath Away”