199720162019 Hey all, this is Josh’s brother Zach. I asked Josh to let me write a post for something I’m calling “family Friday”. I’m probably not as good at writing as Josh is so bear with me. I just wanted to talk a bit about Josh’s injury and my take on it. Before the shooting,ContinueContinue reading “Family Friday: Zach”
Tag Archives: Mental
Perspective
I’ll start this one out by talking about small injury I had in my sophomore year in high school. I had just made the junior varsity baseball team and we were getting ready for a stadium game that we played once a year. About a month prior I had sprained my ankle and tore twoContinueContinue reading “Perspective”
Misconceptions & Staring Problems
It’s no big lie that most of us are naive to people with disabilities. I know that I certainly was no exception. There are a lot of misconceptions regarding paralysis. Granted I can only attest for my own personal experiences and from the experiences of a few others that I have met. Here is myContinueContinue reading “Misconceptions & Staring Problems”
Silver Linings
“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, “lifeContinueContinue 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 musclesContinueContinue reading “Relearning and Reclaiming”
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 holdingContinueContinue reading “Forgiveness”