Still Falling
September 21, 2023
I fell again, this time a hard fall, from my chair to slipping off my bed. Since day one, I never could get back in the chair from the floor – I... Read More
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The opinions expressed in these blogs are the author’s own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.
Still Falling
September 13, 2023
I fell again, this time a hard fall, from my chair to slipping off my bed. Since day one, I never could get back in the chair from the floor – I... Read More
It Never Stops
August 14, 2023
How much is the pain we feel amplified by our attitude? I was taught as a kid that if you had pain that wasn’t of the order of a broken arm or a... Read More-3.jpeg)
A Thousand Cuts
July 7, 2023
I was out in my front yard trimming the hedge the other day, just snip-snip-snipping away, lost in time and space. Out of the corner of my eye I see... Read More
The Smallest of Changes
June 20, 2023
Some problems attendants to a lifetime of paralysis are difficult, frustrating, painful, and demoralizing. But many chronic problems have simple... Read More
Hoeing Your Own Row
June 1, 2023
I grew up in a small town in northeast Oklahoma and still keep in touch with many of my high school classmates. Unfortunately, much of the news is... Read More
Two Mistakes
April 29, 2023
I am not the oldest para I know by a long shot – as many readers are quick to remind me – but I have been around the barn enough times to see how... Read More
Defusing Inner Rage
April 6, 2023
One thing that has come back to me lately is that I have never gotten truly angry or enraged about this awful, monumentally unfair paralysis scourge... Read MoreThe opinions expressed in these blogs are the author's own and do not necessarily reflect the views of the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.