Life Keeps Rolling

Life is nothing but highs and lows. In the words of Ol’ Blue Eyes “you’re flying high in April, and you’re shot down in May”. But hey, that’s life. And if you don’t know Frank Sinatra then I suggest you listen to his classics. My point is that everybody goes through the ebbs and flows of life. Some Monday’s are great and some absolutely suck... much like today did for me. Kass and I made lodging arrangements for the week so that I could go to a drivers rehab program at the VA to learn how to use hand controls to drive again. We (mostly my hardworking girlfriend) loaded up into the van with a week’s worth of stuff to prep for our hotel stay only to get all the way to the VA and find out that the van is broken down and the rehab was canceled. Typical VA bull shit... but what nobody ever seems to think about is how complex it is for me to stay somewhere outside the comfort of home. The logistics that are required are very stressful, luckily I have a very persistent woman in my life. ❤️ Th...

On February 11th, 2017 Kass got an open invite into the club that no one ever wants to join. She didn’t know it, but she became a WAG of SCI (Wives and Girlfriends of Spinal Cord Injury) the second that .45 hollow point met that bony son-of-a-bitch known as my spine.  I’ve already talked in length about my recovery in the hospital so I won’t hit on everything that Kass and I went through while I was in-patient. What I will talk about is how much we learned and grew during that time. It was extremely trying, especially on Kass who now faced the prospect of redefining her life to help me with mine. What Kass found while in the hospital was a community of extremely helpful, loving and quite frankly, bad-ass women to help her grieve, learn and grow. The importance of a community formed to educate & empower others who have been sucked into a situation as overwhelming as SCI is unrivaled. When Kass & I meet others facing the task of navigating an inter-abled relationship, the f...