{"id":1066,"date":"2010-08-19T16:57:35","date_gmt":"2010-08-19T21:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/?p=1066"},"modified":"2010-08-19T16:57:35","modified_gmt":"2010-08-19T21:57:35","slug":"august-19-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/?p=1066","title":{"rendered":"August 19, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

One year and one day ago my life was flipped upside down.\u00a0 I can’t, nor do I want to try, to explain all the feelings and thoughts that have gone and continue to go through my mind.\u00a0 I understand there are individuals less fortunate than myself, but nobody should have to go through what I’m going through.\u00a0 I miss everything in life that that I\u00a0took for granted every single day.\u00a0 I wish so badly that I could do some things that I hear people complain about every day.\u00a0 It’s aggravating.\u00a0Be appreciative of everything you have in your life.\u00a0 If you’re not happy, do something about it.\u00a0 Don’t settle – you’ll regret it.\u00a0 I do.\u00a0 Go out of your way to help somebody in need.\u00a0 Hold the door for someone who is obviously disabled.\u00a0 Don’t look at somebody and assume you know everything about their life and situation by the looks of them.\u00a0 Give everybody that benefit of the doubt and let them prove you wrong.\u00a0 What do you have to lose?\u00a0 You might end up having someone really surprise you.\u00a0 Life isn’t always what it seems and you can never be too sure what’s around the next corner, but isn’t that exciting?\u00a0 Unfortunately what was around my next corner, this time last year, wasn’t so great.\u00a0 I have a long way to go, that’s for sure, but I’ve also come a long way, which I easily and frequently forget.\u00a0 I guess just because I’m not walking, yet.\u00a0 I’m not afraid to admit I’m a pessimist, but lately something’s been telling me deep inside that I will be walking by this time next year, if not sooner.\u00a0 Call me crazy.\u00a0 Maybe August 19, 2011 will come and pass and I will still be in this chair.\u00a0 If that happens, then I guess we’ll just have to shoot for August 19, 2012.\u00a0 I’m not going to give up because I WILL walk again one day.\u00a0 I don’t care what the odds are, I’m going to beat them because I’ll be damned if I’m going to spend the rest of my life looking up at everybody and vice versa.\u00a0 I truly thank every single person that has helped me along the way this past year from the bottom of my heart.\u00a0 The stress and anxiety that I’ve placed on my family is enough to break any one down, but they’ve stood next to me the entire time, without wavering.\u00a0 My friends travel hundreds of miles to see me, frequently, which I cannot even begin to put into words.\u00a0 I just hope they know that if the roles were reversed, I’d be by their side in a heartbeat.\u00a0 To all of those people that I’ve never met, that have continuously helped my family and I but cooking dinners, donating money and time out of their busy lives – you are MY heroes.\u00a0 Our lives would be hell without you.\u00a0 I just have to say thank you again to my entire family.\u00a0 I love you all so much and appreciate what you sacrifice for me.\u00a0 And how could I forget,\u00a0Leslie Davison<\/span><\/a>\u00a0.\u00a0 What an amazing woman.\u00a0 She does everything for me, without question and never asks for thing in return.\u00a0 She is a sweetheart, my angel and my love.\u00a0 Thank you for all that you do!\u00a0 You are truly irreplaceable.\u00a0 Everyone in my life is, so thanks again and here’s to another year!\u00a0 Please keep praying for me.\u00a0 I need all I can get!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

One year and one day ago my life was flipped upside down.\u00a0 I can’t, nor do I want to try, to explain all the feelings and thoughts that have gone and continue to go through my mind.\u00a0 I understand there are individuals less fortunate than myself, but nobody should have to go through what I’m […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/17"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1066"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1067,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1066\/revisions\/1067"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1066"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1066"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aaronwood.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1066"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}