What I learned about my first year in my 40's
It’s my 41st birthday and I am looking back at what my first year in my 40’s brought me. Spoiler alert: It’s good and bad.
Love or livelihood: Can I have a relationship as a disabled person?
This Valentine’s Day, love and marriage is certainly on my mind. But it’s not for the reasons you think.
What do you do when the future finally arrives?
My inevitable entrance into the 40 club has me taking stock of everything. Don’t get me wrong, I have lived an incredible life. But am I already running out of time to accomplish everything I wanted in life?
It was the best week of my professional life. Here’s why.
For seven days, I was in the city that was the center of the sports and pop culture universe. It was easily the highlight of my journalism career.
Why my future scares me to death
The year has come to an end and we take stock of our wins and losses over the previous year. But as I begin my look back, it’s my future that is at the front of my mind. And it’s scaring me to death.
Here’s why I say 'no' when people ask if I need help
As a quadriplegic, I need help with many tasks. So why am I so anxious when someone offers to help me?
I became a quad 25 years ago. Here’s what my disability taught me.
It’s the 25th anniversary of the day I became a quadriplegic. Here are some of the lessons I learned after I became a person with a disability.
20 Years Later: The moment I learned about the 9/11 attacks
That day changed the lives of many people, not just in the United States, but across the globe.
I'm finally fully vaccinated! Now what do I do?
It's finally here. I am officially a couple of weeks out of becoming fully vaccinated with my coronavirus vaccine. For those who read my previous post, trying to obtain a vaccine as a person with a disability has been a long, difficult road.
You've heard me talk about all the issues those with disabilities were having to try to get a vaccine early on in the vaccination process. But unfortunately, the vaccination was virtually impossible to obtain in places across the country.
Yes, I'm disabled and still waiting for my COVID-19 vaccine.
In 1997, I was fighting to survive. A severe cold and asthma complications left me paralyzed with a collapsed lung. I spent eight months in the hospital and relied on a ventilator to breathe.
It was a frightening time for me and my family and a day doesn’t go by without me thinking of that ordeal.
More than 20 years later, I have adjusted to life as a person with a disability and the fear of being so close to death has subsided. But with the rise of COVID-19 and the current uncertainty of getting access to a vaccine, the possibility of me being hospitalized is a very real possibility.