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“Nobody on the road, nobody on the beach, I feel it in the air, the summer is out of reach.” I’ve been spending most of the past several days outside, trying to take advantage of every last ounce of sunshine

Happy Stem Cell Awareness Day! October 5 is Stem Cell Awareness Day. Seems like a good time to update recent stem cell news, including new clinical trials below is a blog posting from Sam Maddox at the Christopher and Dana

Today is officially recognized as Stem Cell Awareness Day, however, every day should be used to advance the cause towards curing those individuals living with debilitating conditions such as spinal cord injuries, strokes and ALS. Please take a moment to

“Look not at the days gone by with a forlorn heart. They were simply the dots we can now connect with our present, to help us draw the outline of a beautiful tomorrow.” It was another busy week for me,

“It is foolish and wrong to mourn the men who died. Rather we should thank God that such men lived.” This past week was bittersweet for me and filled with mixed emotions. Late Tuesday evening I received word that a

“Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.” One of the crazy things about a spinal cord injury is the way that

“Nobody made a greater mistake than he who did nothing because he could only do a little.” It’s obvious that the early signs of Fall have started to permeate my surroundings. There’s been a change in the weather that unfortunately

September Is National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month “Recognizing the devastating effects of sustaining a spinal cord injury, the United States Senate has declared September as National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month.  This Resolution, sponsored by Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL)

“Act as if what you do makes a difference.  It does.” What an appropriate quote by former psychologist/psychiatrist/physician, William James, to kick off the month of September! By the end of having read this journal entry you’ll understand why. Many

“The natural flights of the human mind are not from pleasure to pleasure but from hope to hope.” I had a telephone conversation with another quadriplegic this week, who was introduced to me through a friend. This individual had been