Yesterday was my 68th birthday. It’s amazing that I have lived this long with this disability that is so devastating to my body. As I practiced my meditation yesterday morning I experienced my breath as though it was my first. I can’t stop thinking about how precious and fragile this life is and how fortunate […]
Thinking about love, God and believing deeply in something
I just returned home from the funeral of an 88-year-old man, the father of a dear friend of mine. Marty served in World War II and Korea, believing deeply in his country . He also believed deeply in education and learning and became a teacher for the next 35 years. He also believed deeply in […]
Dan gets a nice mention in New York Times ArtsBeat blog profile of poet Ellen Bass
Dan received a nice mention in a recent New York Times ArtsBlog interview with poet Ellen Bass. In the May 23 profile of Ellen, “Praise Poems: Ellen Bass Talks About ‘Like a Beggar’,” Ellen called Dan her “greatest inspiration” and a friend since she was five years old. Read the entire interview on the Times ArtsBlog. […]
My pal Jacob reminds me of my love of life
I was with my six-year-old pal Jacob yesterday. He’s like a grandson to me and he and I love each other dearly. For the last several months, he’s been asking how I got in the wheelchair, and I told him about the car accident and how nothing works below my chest. Shortly thereafter, he figured […]
Dan’s Blog: Honest Sharing is A Whole Different Ball Game
I went to the baseball game last night with my 5-year-old buddy Jacob. He is essentially a grandson to me as he and his mother lived in my house for the first 4 years of his life. Anyway, there we were with his mom and dad, my nurse and myself and little Jacob who was […]
Dan’s Blog: When I was a boy
When I was a boy, all winter I waited for the first sign of spring. And when it arrived, I took my baseball glove from under my mattress and looked for somebody to play ball with. As a young man, it meant time to go out and play with my young daughters in the sprinklers […]
Why my new book’s royalties will go to the Khulani Special School in South Africa
This past summer, I had the privilege of visiting South Africa with my partner Joan, my daughter, son-in-law and my precious grandson Sam. We had an extraordinary adventure being close up to some magnificent African animals in their natural neighborhoods. But the highlight of the trip was when we visited the Khulani Special School in […]
Adventures in quadriplegia land, Chapter 6,248 — And hopefully still counting!
On Friday I went to a doctor to discuss a new medication that might help me with the fatigue I have been living with. Because he was also a friend of mine, we had a long discussion about the pros and cons-especially the side effects. I have also dealing for several years now with autonomic […]
Dr. Gottlieb quoted in Reeve Foundation article about online dating for people with paralysis
Dan is quoted in the article, “People Living with Paralysis Share Their Experiences with Online Dating,” on the Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation website. The article, by Nate Herpich, surveys online dating sites for people with disabilities, and offers tips on safe Internet dating.
Poetry: When I becomes we
When “ I” becomes “we” when “they” becomes “us” when “those” people become “my” people when the person in the street with a Styrofoam cup becomes my brother or sister when every hungry child becomes my child then I will cry more and laugh more and love more then I will awaken to the world […]
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