So we've been married for almost two months and life is going pretty well!
I'm working on a few things right now including writing a book! I have an outline and some interested folks but nothing is official yet.
I would also love to go back to school and get my masters degree but first I need to take the terrifying GRE and look up some possible scholarships.
Oh and speaking? I'm looking for a sponsor who will support my mission to do some motivational speaking all over the state and beyond.
So a lot of things are up and coming but these days I'm just trying to keep busy with Chris being back at work! Thank goodness for ECU football season!
Last weekend, I spoke at the Run, Walk, Roll Event in Greenville, NC to benefit the spinal cord rehab unit at Pitt Memorial Hospital where I was in rehab. We had a great time and it was great seeing everyone!
On my birthday, October 2nd (WOOHOO - the big 26!) I'll be on a flight to Carlsbad, CA for 3 weeks of intense therapy at Project Walk thanks to the Walking with Anthony Foundation. I can't tell you how excited I am!! I've heard that the therapy is very intense and exhausing but honestly, I can't wait. Project Walk is an amazing place and I'm honored to be able to go.
If you've been following me, well - following my on facebook - you saw that I went surfing over the summer. It was a great event held in Virginia Beach and sponsored by Life Rolls On. Life Rolls On is a subsidiary of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation. While I'm in California, they're holding a huge event called Night By the Ocean and I've been asked to speak! I'm SO excited!
The grant that I'm receiving from the Walking with Anthony Foundation is covering my initial rehab at Project Walk but that will only start the long road ahead. I've figured out that I need to find about $15,000 so I can go for about 2-3 more months. This place is doing great things for recovery and I HATE that I have to sit here without good rehab. I'm ready for things to get started. Sales of my book and some other things that I'm working on should help...
As you can see - there are lots of things floating around my head. Being a new bride. Getting to rehab. Becoming a public speaker. Writing a book. Finding a new place in the world. It's hard enough just being 25 but these new challenges sure can make your head spin! Sometimes I wonder, how many people sit around and just wait for things to happen?
I hope you haven't sat around waiting for things to happen. Even though I can't afford rehab right now, I'm not waiting to live my life.
If you are waiting, get up and do something! Even if you make just one small change - it will be worth it. I promise!!!
Oh btw! I transferred into bed 3 times in a row without falling! I think I've got it down! Really - you have no idea how awesome that is. Do you even know what transferring into bed means? With my injury level, I don't have full usage of my arms. The outside of my arms have feeling but the inside doesn't. I don't have usage of my hands (so I type with either my thumb or the outside of my hand) and I don't have usage of my triceps. All that being said, I can't simply move out of my chair easily. Being able to get into bed on my own means that I can get upstairs and get into bed without the help of Chris or my mom and that is HUGE!! Imagine if when you wake up each morning, you have to rely on someone else to get you going. I can't wait to be able to do more on my own. Cherish your independence. It's so precious and most people take it for granted.
I'm really trying to avoid the falling part. It's not good for me (yeah - for obvious reasons) but also, I was diagnosed with Osteopenia over the summer. It's a form of Osteoporosis and was brought on by the loss of use of my limbs. It means that my bones are more fragile and I have to be more careful - oh and need to drink more milk. Maybe I can become one of those milk mustache models! After all, it does a body good! :)
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Rachelle that all sounds so great. I hope the California therapy is beneficial. A change of scenery is always nice too! And congrats on the transferring. Woo Hoo.
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What a positive "voice" you have, Rachelle! Your book is going to be awesome. I'm gonna make use of your quote:
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and I just LOVE the idea of you being a Milk Mustache Model! Maybe it's something both you and Chris can do together!
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