I'm so honored and humbled to have been chosen as a recipient of the "Hometown Hero Award" from the Wisconsin State Assembly. Thank you...

Airplane Travel has always been important to me. I flew all over the world prior to my accident and so when I began life living in a...

Other people staring has been an issue of my life since leaving the hospital after my accident happened. I was amazed at how people found...

Hey everyone :-) I wanted to post the link from the interview that I had this morning with Dave Ryan on his morning show. Our interview...

https://www.iheart.com/show/139-The-Dave-Ryan-Show/?episode_id=28102398 On April 17, 2017 Dave Ryan and his other radio hosts were...

My wheelchair comes with a lot of cool features and so I thought I would share some of them with you in today’s Vlog! I get a lot of...

In this Vlog, I tackle some very big pet peeves of mine! I now realize that I maybe should have done these separately, as I could talk...

In this Vlog, I share more details about what I can feel and about Autonomic Dysreflexia. It is easy to think that spinal cord injuries...

We were honored to be featured in the Leader Telegram this past Sunday! Chuck Rupnow has followed me since my accident and has always...

Today, Doug and I celebrate five years since we had our first date. It is so awesome to see how wonderful our marriage is and yet I look...

On December 8th, 2016, I received the Falconer Award from the WI Governor's Committee for People With Disabilities. Michael Falconer...

It is hard to believe that today I am celebrating 19 years since my accident. Over the years many people have had a hard time grasping...

Recently I received a private message to my Facebook page from a woman who has cerebral palsy. She was frustrated because she felt as...

How fast the time goes! It was on this very day 18 years ago that I took that fateful step backward though an open trap door. In the days...

If you don’t know my story, have never read my book or heard me speak, you might wonder what a girl in a wheelchair could possibly say...

I hit a pretty big milestone this past week! Crazy enough, my current wheelchair has an odometer on it. All of my previous wheelchairs...

Recently, Doug and I attended a baseball game together. During our between-play conversation I was reminiscing about my old softball (I...

September is National Suicide Prevention Month and the prevention of suicide is a very important topic to me for two reasons. First, I...

We recently had some fun on my Facebook page! You see, there’s always been a bit of banter between my husband, Doug, and me about who...

In last week’s blog post, (PG 13) Let’s Talk about Sex, I addressed the misconceptions (and the curiosity) about sex and intimacy among...