2022

I knew this day was going to come eventually, and I think I’m ready for it. It’s my first flight since the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak and I’m going to share my top 3 packing tips when traveling by plane.  Before the pandemic, I was flying 3-to 4 times per year.  But, I have grown so…

It’s not every day that you see someone with a disability portrayed in different sports in the community. However, I just had the opportunity to be a presenter at the Cleveland Boat Show, an expo showcasing all things boating, which includes kayaking!  I was asked by the LoCo ‘Yaks to help them demonstrate adaptive paddling. …

Reading hasn’t always had a place in my life.  I always wanted to be a reader but just couldn’t stay focused enough to get into a book.  Until I found personal development, or self-help, books.  Whatever you call them, I love them.  I nerd out to them.  I always have my highlighter close by, marking…

Resilience is the ability to overcome adversity.  For those of us with spinal cord injuries, or another physical disability that requires the use of a wheelchair, difficulties and misfortunes are everywhere. Resilience is defined as the capacity to recover quickly from difficulities.  But what is required to become resilient? Are we born with it or…

What do you love to do in your free time?  If you are anything like me, your first response may have been, “What free time?”  We get so caught up in life that we forget that we have control over our time.  We get to decide how we spend our time and what makes us…