My eyes squinted as they adjusted to the sun as I wheeled my chair outside for the first time in months. I was ready to be back in the real world after being sequestered within the confines of a hospital…
I caught a glimpse of the red flashing lights on the monitor behind me beginning to light up. My vision turned foggy and soon thereafter my eyes shut. Next thing I knew I was with my family in the same…
The man would not go away. His presence made my skin crawl. I lay flat on my back with tubes in my body as the machines continued to provide life in the intensive care unit in the days following my…
I am not quite sure what we were even praying about when I noticed it last week. I motioned to my girlfriend with my head and eyes to look at my left hand. My pinky was fluttering slowly, trying to…
I looked my physical therapist in the eye. This was the first time I had stood eye level with someone since walking to my car in November 2009. This time was much different though. I could see my shoes six…
I couldn’t believe my eyes. I wanted to reach my hand through the computer screen and punch these anonymous cowards in the face. I had opened my email to be notified of the latest comment on FlatOnMyBack.com only to once…
It was my first week back home from the hospital. Surrounded by dozens of people at a prayer service hosted by my church, my eyes began to well up at the thought of so many people coming alongside me and…
Competing in intramural sports. Yelling, screaming and chest bumping at football and basketball games. Drinking beer. Hiking. Whitewater rafting. Paintball. Poker. Wrestling around the house. Arguing over nothing of substance whatsoever. This was the testosterone laden world I knew as…
I sat in the front of a classroom at the University of Cincinnati feeling as if each word I shared with the audience was more jam-packed with wisdom than the last. There was an unexpected assuredness in watching 20 people…
It was September 18, 2013 and I stared at my computer screen. Panic set in as I prepared to click “send.” My blog had been live for days…I just hadn’t told anyone. Staying mysterious about what was going on in…
