If you follow the blog at all, you know how much I love Push Girls…
Category: Personal
What’s it like to be in a wheelchair?
One of the most frequent questions I get asked in my daily life is, “sir, why are you in a wheelchair?” Right behind that is, “what is it like to be in a wheelchair?” People of all ages, all backgrounds, and in all environments are always very eager to ask this question. It’s a question …
One of my summer goals: reading.
One of my summer goals has been to read a lot more. I’m not a big fan of reading – I prefer to just scan things and get the big picture – but with the absence of graduate school reading, I’m deciding to fill that void with some “leisure” reading this summer. I link to …
My 1st graders and their art! And my lunch.
Just going through some old photos on my computer that I never uploaded and I found a few gems. Like these bad boys. This is the first week that I’ll spend, fully, in Blacksburg this summer, and it’s going to be so strange NOT having my first graders to go visit! They are a staple …
Literally a dream come true.
I’m beyond excited to share this with you all! I’m currently finalizing the process of signing on the be a guest and speaker at the week-long Youth Leadership Forum of Virginia next month. This is a program for students with disabilities in the Commonwealth to attend as either high school juniors or seniors. Their disabilities …
Morning pick me up.
A few weeks ago, some friends randomly texted me, “Hey, want to go downtown!?” It was a Friday and I was in the library. Of course my gut reaction was “yes”. But I wasn’t sure…it wasn’t in my plans, I had planned to get homework done for most of the night. Well, I didn’t have too much …
Well, not quite SkyDiving :(
Sometimes, you just feel like you’re Superman and can do whatever you want – especially when you have awesome friends – but unfortunately I did NOT get to go skydiving today! The idea to go on this adventure was originally planned by my good friend and former neighbor, Nick. It was on my mental bucket …
Going SKYDIVING today!
I’m just gonna go ahead and leave this here… I’m so excited to take advantage of this Living Social deal and knock one more item off of my Bucket List! I’m certain that pictures will follow later! :) But if I don’t make it back…it’s been real you guys. :) Let’s go out in style?