Here is something I’ve been thinking about the societal expectation of, “I have to work to be happy or find meaning.” This is an expectation for people without a disability. What do you think? Connect with me…
I went skiing
I have been adaptive skiing for the past 3-4 years. I have going 2-3 times per year. Today was my best performance skiing. I am pretty close to going totally independent. A special thanks to Mike and Robyn Corwin. I hope you can find hope in this story that whatever you do in life takes […]
My Introduction To My Book
For those who need or want to look at things differently. Another way to look at life is to expand our minds. Here is the introduction to my book Truth, Love, and HOPE about Traumatic Brain Injury. Introduction The optimist sees the opportunities in every difficulty, and the pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. […]
Choice??
Most people have a choice but I did not. On January 28th, 2004 my life was violently up rooted. I suffered a traumatic brain injury. This was no headache or concussion. It was a severe trauma to my life/brain. For all the control persons out there, in other words, I lost every single control of […]
What defines you?
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) is a thing that cannot be cured. My question is how do I base my whole identity on my brain injury? It is literally running my life because I define myself as a brain injured person. I have to make accommodations my whole life because of it; it is not going […]
I went skiing!
I never went skiing before so one day I told myself that I was going to go. Here are the three video clips that was taken at Pine Mountain in Iron Mountain, Michigan. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YpzMxYPoxjg
TedxDePere talk
How do you define yourself? 17 years ago I thought I had it all. I was a sophomore at Marinette high school awaiting my scholarship to University of Minnesota for hockey based on my stellar athletic ability and native intelligence. I was well respected and liked in my community, however, on January 28th of 2004, […]
Chapter 2 – Diagnoses
Footprints in the Sand One night I dreamed a dream. As I was walking along the beach with my Lord. Across the dark sky flashed scenes from my life. For each scene, I noticed two sets of footprints in the sand, One belonging to me and one to my Lord. After the last scene of […]