This Friday (February 22) I will be sharing my mom‘s point of view on my injury. It is only fitting that I post about how I am trying to reclaim my independence from paralysis. This is no easy feat but for the last few months my mom has been helping me adapt everyday equipment soContinueContinue reading “Taking Back My Independence”
Tag Archives: Physical
What’s Next?
Most of you know that I just closed a huge chapter of my life. I am officially a veteran. The army has been my life for the past six years. Even since starting my life in a wheelchair, I’ve still been slaving away in the army. No matter how much I bitched and moaned aboutContinueContinue reading “What’s Next?”
Family Friday – Dad
First, I want to thank Josh for sharing this platform with me. I don’t typically shy away from talking to large groups but realizing 14,000 + people have visited this page makes me hope I can meet the standards Josh has set.This is Josh’s dad, Matt and I want to take this opportunity to talkContinueContinue reading “Family Friday – Dad”
Your Body Is a Temple
Part of being confirmed in the Catholic Church is taking preparatory religious classes. One of these classes was Theology of the Body. When I was 16, taking this class was more of a check in the box so that I could get confirmed and get back to baseball after school. In hindsight, I was siningContinueContinue reading “Your Body Is a Temple”
Family Friday: Zach
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”
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”
My Struggle to Wake Up
I open my eyes just enough to see a brilliant, blinding light. It feels like I am staring at the sun, or is it Heaven? I hear people speaking with muffled, familiar voices. I try to piece together who is around me and where I am. Purgatory? It is too straining. I am exhausted. Then,ContinueContinue reading “My Struggle to Wake Up”
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.ContinueContinue 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 4ContinueContinue 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 aContinueContinue reading “Hands”