motivational

  • Smoke Spirits

    Let’s go back to before my accident…It’s 1991, at a blowout bonfire at the end of school next to Midwest cornfield, I stood staring into the flames dancing hot waves, and I felt warmed deep in my soul, not from the heat of the fire, but as if an invisible smoke spirit floated from the… Read more

  • Come, Get Away

    Which are you fight or flight? Sometimes, like tonight, when I need to fly away, I’m kinda glad my legs don’t work, I don’t run, no, I go to bed. Hopelessly Inappropriate my proclivity persists, and I escape with you for a bit. Colorado had tons opportunity for me to participate in adaptive sports while I… Read more

  • A Flashlight

    My brain a pitch-black maze, you’re a flashlight casting brilliance to guide me out of myself. Read more

  • Spring UP, Purge OUT

    It’s that time of the year where my insides shimmy and shake to escape the only four walls I ever see, to hop ‘n’ romp like a wild bunny! I spring UP and muscle my wheels to move, then at the door I handle, I freeze. Who will go with me? Nearly a decade ago,… Read more