Paralyzed with JOY!

Today marks the 15th anniversary of my car accident, which means I've been paralyzed for 15 years. 15 years is a long time! I'm cal...

Ever since I was a little girl I always knew I wanted to grow up, get married, have a bunch of kids and be a stay-at-home mom. I don't...

I had a terrible night's sleep last night because I could not fall asleep!! Part of the reason was that I was in a lot of pain. When yo...

Much of my life for the past five months has been consumed with my sister Kristin and her family. They've been living with us since th...

This past Friday I did something that I really didn't want to do -- I went to talk to a class of first year nursing students. My friend ...

In my last post I wrote about my sadness over not being a mother and knowing that I won't have that opportunity in this life. I also wr...

Now that I'm at the age where I would be having children if I were married sometimes it hurts to think about not being a mother. There...

One of the highlights of my time at Shepherd Center was when I had a visit from my friends Adam, Rick and Kelly. As you can imagine, I was ...

The patient census at Shepherd changed often, but for the most part when I was at Shepherd there were usually between eight and 10 patients...

Yesterday was the 11th anniversary of my dad's death. When I tell people that my dad is dead it's always kind of uncomfortable. Not...

In my last post I wrote about leaving for rehab in Atlanta with my mom. It was important that I go to rehab so that I could learn to live a...

After my accident my body had changed in so many ways, and it was imperative that I go to a rehabilitation hospital that specialized in spi...

Although I was fully aware of my condition, I wasn't fully able to comprehend how it would impact the rest of my life. This was a bless...

My sister Chandra and I were hanging out the other night, and the Teen Choice Awards were coincidentally on, so we watched them. While watch...

When my sisters and I were young we used to play on the jungle gym in our back yard. I remember my mom cautioning us to be careful on the mo...