Category Archives: Wild Stories You Just Wouldn't Believe

National Mobility Awareness Month: Wild and Wacky Stunts for a Van

The timing couldn’t be more detrimental, or more perfect. You’ve read about the week of our book launch, our car began to fall apart and how we’ve entered the National Mobility Awareness Month contest to win a new van! A … Continue reading

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Uncovering Opportunity Amidst Life’s Messes

Last week, Megan recounted my recent experience with local police & EMS, and those oh so well intentioned folks who inadvertently caused unneccessary mayhem while doing their best to help. In the days since, I have spent countless hours processing and attempting to make sense out of conflicting perspectives on what transpired, many of which exist purely internally. Continue reading

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Real Life Disability: What Do You Do When the Whole World Doesn’t Think You Are a Man

Have you ever heard of the expression, “The world is full of well intentioned fools?” Barton had a meeting, and was driving his motor wheelchair along side a busy road close to our home. The joystick to his wheelchair came off, and flew into the busy road. What ensued was outrageous. Continue reading

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The Week That Wouldn’t End

Have you ever had a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad day? Well, we had one crazy week before our vacation. Continue reading

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Playing Bodyguard

I was open to chatting and was pretty impressed at how well he understood me. As he began to talk more, it became apparent that he needed someone to listen and I was happy to do so since I saw this as a healthier option for him than pouring more alcohol on top of his troubles. Soon, however, it was obvious that things were beginning to shift. Continue reading

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