Category: Marriage
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Parallel Lives
When Steve’s accident occurred in March of 1999, we were leading parallel lives. God had not yet allowed the curves in our paths to happen that would eventually cause our lives to intersect. I was living my life, completely unaware that 40 miles north of me, there was a mother who wanted nothing more than…
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The Strength Of A Marriage Is Tested In The Midst Of Life’s Worst Storms
Sometimes the strength of a marriage is tested in the midst of life’s worst storms. The initial prognosis from the wound specialist was very grim and scary. “I’m touching bone in this cavity and these two sores that are six inches apart are definitely communicating (connected by a tunnel under the skin)”, the doctor said. She…
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Driven To Help
As I’m writing this blog post, Steve has just finished his full time job and is working the next two hours for the rideshare service lyft. He is doing that to enable us to put as much money toward debt as possible and help Josh pay for school.
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Back To School
The past few weeks have been a reminder that my disability is not the only difficult part of life that my wife has to overcome. Preparing to take one of the kids back to school made it clear that our life has normal aspects, like sending one off to college.
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Lessons Learned
When the relationship between Steve and myself started to get serious, one of my biggest concerns was how it would affect my children, who were 9 and 14 at the time. I think that is the case with most parents when “someone new” comes into the picture. For me, that was increased substantially because of…
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Married With Wheelchair and Disability
The concept of marriage has been heavily scrutinized over the past 20 years, but no matter what you personally believe, the basic ideas remain true. One definition states that marriage is the combination or mixture of two or more elements. When you combine elements in chemistry and study the behavior, you notice that the elements…