Your turn!

In order to keep this site vibrant, I thought it might be nice to open up the floor to share your words, dear reader.  With Jim, with Karen, with the other readers of this site, with others in the world dealing with a spinal cord injury or other catastrophic injury.  I will do this as one [...]

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Art Therapy: Go Stillers!

Relevant Links: American Art Therapy Association Pittsburgh Steelers Shepherd Center Therapeutic Recreation Department

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Words of Wisdom from a True Hero – Inspiring Quotes by Christopher Reeve- Beliefnet.com

Words of Wisdom from a True Hero – Inspiring Quotes by Christopher Reeve- Beliefnet.com. I subscribe to a couple Beliefnet.com newsletters.  Today, after reading my “daily Buddhist wisdom” I happened to click on “daily inspiration” which I have never done before. Cue Dana and Christopher Reeve smiling at me, sharing their wisdom in a lovely [...]

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A Bard’s Tale: “Straight from the Horse’s Mouth”, by Jim

It is my humble honor to bring you Jim’s first Fragile Hope entry. I am privileged to feature his first work since the accident; his “labor of love” as Karen calls it, which took him hours to type, one letter at a time. I hope the crafting of this piece was as cathartic for Jim [...]

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The rest is silence.

Karen and Jim’s life recently took yet another unexpected turn, and the duo had to return to Jim’s hometown for a family emergency. Now, keep in mind, they were not quite at the point of hopping on jet planes and going all over the place to non-accessible places. They had not quite gotten to the [...]

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