If you like to listen to audio books, and you are blind or physically disabled you should check out the National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped.

www.loc.gov/nls/

I am now reading The Appeal, which is written by John Grisham. It is about a company that is in the energy business. In a small Mississippi town, the company has dumped waste into their water supply and now everyone in the town is sick with cancer. This is a pretty good book, however not one of John Grisham's best. I got this book off of iTunes.

Something cool to do in Philadelphia is to go see the National Constitution Center. It allows you to see how our country was created and the history of our great country. The coolest part of the Constitution Center is the hall of statues, which is all of the statues of the signers of the Constitution. That is really cool! If you have not been to the Constitution Center you should definitely take the time to check it out. Everything there is totally wheelchair accessible, which is hard to find in the city.

Support the men and women of the military. Even though this war is a complete and total disaster, never get angry at the men and women of the Armed Forces. They are only doing their jobs to help all of us keep our freedom. If we did not have these special people we would not have the rights we take for granted. The cost of freedom does not come cheap! God bless you all and God bless America.

Today I went to work at the Hollydell School. It is a school for children with physical and mental disabilities. I started working there about three years ago. The kids are great and it is a lot of fun. Everyone there treats me so great. It is a privilege to have this opportunity.I know not many people with my disability have the chance to work at all. I am very blessed that God has given me this opportunity. I work with children from about seven years old to about 14. They are always smiling and happy to be going to school. I get the chance to work with Felix, Robert, Max, Evan, Cashmere, Charles, Brian and William. My prayers and thoughts are with William and his family. I also got to meet my best friend Matt at the school. So this is an experience that I cherish and will continue working there while I am able to do so .I also miss the older kids across the street. I will get back there once the weather gets better. With the cold weather my fingers get cold and I'm unable to drive the joystick on my wheelchair.

Forrest Gump is my favorite movie of all-time. It shows even though some people are different, you should always treat them with dignity and respect. Do onto others as they do onto you.

"stupid is as stupid does"

"life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get"

"they gave you the congressional medal of honor"

"I just felt like running"

"it happens"

"run Forest"

I went on a trip to Orlando, Florida one summer and we stopped in Savanna, Georgia. There they filmed the scenes on the bench in the movie. I actually saw the exact bench.

24 is my favorite TV show of all time. Once you start watching you can not stop. Jack Bauer rocks!

My favorite singer is Bruce Springsteen.

I recently heard that scientist Stephen Hawking just turned 66. He is definitely an inspiration to us all. Here is a guy with exceptional intelligence that never lets his disability bring him down. Happy birthday, Stephen Hawking!

Josh Blue is a comedian that has cerebral palsy. He has a great attitude and a great sense of humor. I will be going to see him in July in Atlantic City. I can't wait. Check out his website.

www.joshblue.com

I use Dragon NaturallySpeaking to do my typing on the computer. It is the world's first product that recognizes and creates a general text from normal speech. It has been a lifesaver for me.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_NaturallySpeaking.com

Lou Gehrig is a major role model of mine. He suffered from ALS which is a form of muscular dystrophy

Lou Gehrig played for the New York Yankees from 1923 to 1939. He probably was one of the greatest baseball players to ever play the game. He had a lifetime batting average of .340, slugged 493 home runs and drove in 1995 RBIs. He's definitely the greatest first baseman of all time. However his career came to an end due to his battle with ALS, a form of muscular dystrophy. He retired in 1939 and would die from ALS in 1941 at the age of 37.however he left a lasting impact upon the world. He never complained about the circumstances of his disease and still considered himself "the luckiest man ".

"Fans, for the past two weeks you have been reading about a bad break. Today, I consider myself the luckiest man on the face of the earth. I have been in ballparks for seventeen years and have never received anything but kindness and encouragement from you fans.

"Look at these grand men. Which of you wouldn’t consider it the highlight of his career just to associate with them for even one day? Sure I’m lucky. Who wouldn’t consider it an honor to have known Jacob Ruppert? Also, the builder of baseball’s greatest empire, Ed Barrow? To have spent six years with that wonderful little fellow, Miller Huggins? Then to have spent the next nine years with that outstanding leader, that smart student of psychology, the best manager in baseball today, Joe McCarthy? Sure, I'm lucky.

"When the New York Giants, a team you would give your right arm to beat, and vice versa, sends you a gift — that’s something. When everybody down to the groundskeepers and those boys in white coats remember you with trophies — that’s something. When you have a wonderful mother-in-law who takes sides with you in squabbles with her own daughter — that's something. When you have a father and a mother who work all their lives so that you can have an education and build your body — it's a blessing. When you have a wife who has been a tower of strength and shown more courage than you dreamed existed - that's the finest I know.

"So I close in saying that I might have been given a bad break, but I've got an awful lot to live for. Thank you."

another picture from the Hall of Fame

These are pictures from a 2007 trip to the baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, New York.

February 24, 2008

hi everyone!

Thank you for stopping by my world. I am 26 years old and have Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy. I started this to educate people about the daily lives of people with Muscular Dystrophy. Also to get in contact with other people with Muscular Dystrophy.