We all have things we love and despise when it comes to taking pictures or seeing them of ourselves. Whether it be we take off our glasses or quickly part our hair a certain way. Whatever it is; we all have our quirks when it comes to pictures. Well, I have a confession. My wheelchair […]
Can Manners Backfire?
Rachel and I may have taught Jacob to have manners too well?? Is that even possible? Recently, Jacob participated in his first sports league, SOCCER! It was a 8 week session for kids 3 and 4 years old. It was a parent-involved lessons , Rachel tackled this like a champ. GO MOMMY! The kids learned the various […]
Wheelchair Life … at New Heights!
Sometimes the simplest things that people do every day are done without a second thought and forgotten. There is a flip side to that. Not doing things because you aren’t able to become second nature and little or no thought is given. My entire professional career has been centered on working with technology to improve […]
You Can Call Me the R word BUT Never-EVER the N word!
Have you had a day when you read a article that caused you to get your soap-box out and start shouting? Yep, today is my day! So gather around and be bewildered with my wisdom…. okay, maybe bored to tears. At anyrate, you get the idea… LISTEN!! I was going through my Facebook feed today […]
Happy Birthday My Son!
I wrote a little something for you Jacob on your birthday. I hope you continue the joys of just sitting and eating fruit I hope you continue saying Hi to everyone you see Continue throwing those balls as high and as far as you can Continue your joy of watching golf Continue seeing the good in […]
He Just Knows
My son, Jacob turns 2 in 10 days! His mother and I were working on his birthday party invitations and I had the chance to reminisce the past year. I’m not a religious person but watching him develop over the year and his sense of understanding just makes me believe God/Yeshua knows my fears and […]
Long Time No See
I haven’t posted in a little over a year. Life happens and things just get busy. But, I guess the real dilemma or challenge is determining what to post on your Facebook status and what should be a blog post. I’m trying to determine that and I hope to post more to the blog. I […]
Wheelchair Accessible Baby Proofing
It has been a few weeks since my last post. My son is now 10 months old. He is completely off baby food and is 100% on table food (except formula). Really exciting time watching him grow and see his personality develop! With each passing month he becomes more independent and gains new abilities. Things […]
Self Discovery – Cerebral Palsy is not My DNA
My son turned 9 months old yesterday. He has experienced a lot of new things things in his short 9 months in this thing we call Life. But I think I’ve discovered whole new insights that I never consciously thought of before. But, probably sub-consciously have wondered about. Some of the facial expressions and hand gestures my […]
Comfort in Daddy’s Wheelchair
The boy was playing independently in the living room on the floor. The news was on so I came up next to him; a story was on that interested me. My son looked up at me didn’t really smile or anything. He went back to playing but he kept one hand on my wheelchair as […]