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autumn

greensmile
  • By greensmile · New reply September 24, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • the leaves are changing so many colours,shades of orange,red,purple,and yellow like the pallete of our lives,ever moving ever dynamic reminders of times past,cues for the future seasons changing,like ...

testing

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted September 22, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • testing to see if i can post testing 1 2 3 ...

Being Independant

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · New reply September 18, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I may need lots of help. I try to be independant and do as much as I can for myself. I get up in the morning into my wheelchair. I take care of my needs then hang out in my P. J.s until mom or dad helps ...

My son..my pride & joy - C.j.

Tburnett1105
  • By Tburnett1105 · New reply September 15, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Injured on a trampoline July 8, 2004. He was 14. He landed in the middle of the tampoline on this head and crushed c9-c7 rushed to TC Thompson where he had a fusion and sent to Scottish right in Atlanta ...

Healthcare will come in some form

walker5473
  • By walker5473 · New reply September 12, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • There are lots of wonderful and insightful comments and graphs regarding the healthcare crisis! More educated people = more critical thinking, that's great!!! What is really missing from the equation ...

Looking for advice

tbone56031
  • By tbone56031 · New reply September 12, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • Hello, I am new to this site and any advice would be appreciated. My finance was injured in June and is a C4/C5 incomplete at the moment. I am preparing for him to come home in the next few months as ...

School Starts Monday

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply September 10, 2009
  • 5 replies
  • Well this is it ... School starts Monday. I can't tell you how scared I am to let Matt go back. This is the place his accident happened due to teachers not listening to him... what if he gets sick or ...

The Power of Positive Thinking (I think I can)

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply September 10, 2009
  • 8 replies
  • You can choose to think .. Or not to think... And what you think about expands! If you choose to think negative you will draw negativity your way... if you choose to think positive you can achieve many ...

sound track

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · Posted September 5, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • Each day has it's own sound track that plays in my brain. Sometimes it's a song on the radio. Sometimes I don't know where I come up with them! I like to have a song that encorages me to carry on. I hate ...

mucical flower

greensmile
  • By greensmile · Posted August 27, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • like rose petals gentle and caressing music laps at the soul gentility,soft,yet strong like a rose,delicate yet bold at the ready in all its splendor gaily coloured tones of pure sound swirling round ...

time

greensmile
  • By greensmile · New reply August 26, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • it is now 14 years on the vent 29 years since first sympyom 5 years since i lost the ability to play flute not a scale,nor arpeggio no sonatas,nor concerti no chamber music,nor soli 5 years of longing ...

When Pharmasists go NUTS

angelbrd67
  • By angelbrd67 · New reply August 23, 2009
  • 12 replies
  • Matt went to the Doctor on the 5th. The physiatrist wrote him two scripts to try before we check into a baclofen pump. So I went and dropped off the scripts they said it would be a few days but that was ...

Project Walk - Treadmill

Comfortably_numb
  • By Comfortably_numb · New reply August 16, 2009
  • 2 replies
  • Just sharing a recent video of me on the treadmill at project walk, my legs responded very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQMoBYPZp vQ ...

Got back from camp

goldy24k
  • By goldy24k · New reply August 15, 2009
  • 4 replies
  • I got back from camp yesterday. I had the best time ever! We made crafts, sang songs and laughed at the skits. What I enjoyed most was the fellowship. Camp is like a home away from home for me. I really ...

Guestbooks are now live!

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 15, 2009
  • 6 replies
  • Hello everyone, Last week we mentioned that we'd be adding guestbooks to Inspire in the near future, and they are now live! We're very excited about this feature and hope you enjoy it. To check out your ...

Picture

cworwa
  • By cworwa · New reply August 13, 2009
  • 3 replies
  • I tried putting up a picture of myself, but I got cut off, but it's not that way in the original picture. Please HELP ...

Scheduled maintenance this evening

TeamInspire
  • By TeamInspire · New reply August 12, 2009
  • 13 replies
  • All, Inspire will be performing database updates this evening starting at 8:00 Eastern. We expect the updates to take no more than 2 hours and the site will be unavailable at this time. We thank you for ...

hows it going to be

luis85
  • By luis85 · New reply August 11, 2009
  • 15 replies
  • My names luis and im 23 years old. I was shot 2 weeks ago in the back and i am paralyzed from the waist down. I don't really know what to expect. Is there anyone in my position or had a simular situation ...

Cares Clothing LLC for special needs

annlove
  • By annlove · New reply August 7, 2009
  • 10 replies
  • Hello, My name is Ann Lee. Last year my sister passed away from a rare Cancer, Leiomyosarcoma. Losing her was painful. In her memory, and because of her, I put all my energy and compassion into designing ...

Preparing to walk from Troy for Troy

Thomm
  • By Thomm · Posted August 7, 2009
  • 0 replies
  • I am going to walk 50 miles for the Troy's Angels Quad/Walk-a-thon September 7. I challenge everyone who reads this to become involved in some way to help raise funds to provide transition support for ...

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