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Sorry about the caps and bold but this is absolutely HUGE for me! After just over 2 years worth of planning, struggling, sweating, crying, heartbreak, ect, and overcoming unforeseen obstacles at literally every turn, taking showers in a garage heated only with a small propane heater with the overhead door cracked to let the water out, because I didn’t have a shower or tub in the house that was useable for me. My lift is final

As the weather starts to warm and the snow starts to thaw, most people are anxiously looking forward to the fact that winter is coming to a close and spring is just around the corner. However, while most of you have only 4 seasons, Iowa has 5. We even have a city of 5 seasons! No joke! Cedar Rapids, Iowa’s 2^nd largest city, bills it’s self as the city of 5 seasons! Look it up online! Go to Google and do a search fo

Is it just me, or are wheelchairs idiot magnets? Or maybe I have a sign around my neck that is invisible to me that says “Tell me your story”. Now I am a friendly, polite, outgoing person with a good sense of humor. I have one character flaw. I’m a bit of a smart a$$. You know the type, not hurtful, just the class clown. Case in point.

My wife and I were in Wal-mart the other day. W

Why is it that people get so worked up about being “Politically Correct” when it comes to what to call certain groups of people? And why do some people take offense at some of these terms but not others? Take “the r word” for instance. Weather you say slow, retarded, mentally handicapped, challenged or any other term. And it’s no different for us. Whether you consider yourself Crippled, Handicapped, Disabled, Differently Able

My dad always said of so called “experts” that “x is the unknown, and spurt is a drip under pressure.” After my accident over 5 years ago, as I lay in my hospital bed, the experts (psychiatrists, social workers and such) told me (among other things) that my marriage would not survive. That my wife would leave me, and to start mentally preparing myself for a divorce. Here I was, just recovering physically from a devastating, l