My Body Runs on Solar Power
Why am I cold when it’s eighty degrees outside?
Jamie Jordan
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It Took You a Few Minutes to Read. It Took Me a Couple of Days to Write.
The page only shows you the finished part. Here’s what goes on behind it.
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I Had a Cold. Nothing About My Independence Changed.
A head cold isn’t news. What one looks like from my side of the chair might be.
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People Hear My Voice and Decide What I Know
I’ve spent my whole life getting underestimated in the first four seconds of a conversation, by doctors, servers, people who mean well. Finally wrote down what that actually looks like, and the one move I’ve built for it.
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God Made Me On Purpose
Everybody’s carrying something, whatever yours is. This is about the one choice you get to make with it, every single day, and why it isn’t a trick only available to a guy in a wheelchair.
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Everyone fights fear
I’m supposed to speak to a small group of city workers in a town near me tomorrow night. I’m not nervous about who will be there. I’m not nervous about the size of the crowd, I’ve spoken too much larger groups. I’m afraid that I simply won’t be funny. I saw a TV show several years…
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The book is finally here You can now have me in your house
Hi everybody I am super excited to announce that my book is finally available. It’s Called From a seated perspective. Is available RIGHT HERE. This has been a long time coming. Some of you have literally been waiting YEARS and I think the wait will have been worth it. After you buy a copy: do…
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Now I understand how Elmer Fudd felt
Like everybody else, I have to shave. I’ve tried to wear a beard because well, it would just be easier. I always make it a few weeks and the itching starts to drive me more than a little insane. Most days I shave using an electric razor with Jane’s help. About once a week…
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The power of levitation would come in really handy sometimes
No matter how Vigilant you are, technology tends to break down and when it does, I realize how much I rely on it. It gets me out of bed, into the bathroom, the shower. Basically anytime I’m outside the chair a lift probably got me there. When I don’t have that technology it’s hard for…
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Tow trucks are not wheelchair accessible
It’s never fun to have a car break down, especially while you’re on vacation. That happened to me a few years ago. Doesn’t matter where you are, you can probably find some place to get your car worked on. That’s the major benefit of having a Walmart every 5 miles across the United States. If…
