HE GETS KNOCKED DOWN, BUT HE GETS UP AGAIN

**Written and verbal consent has been grated by this patient to share his story.**

If you’ve been following along on this most recent trip to India, you’ve met him already, but his name and story were not revealed. He was the man who fell victim to the imaginary magic wand that I seemed to have stashed in my back pocket. Although my prior post may have painted an alternate picture, the reality is that this man is incredibly determined and hard working.

THE PEOPLE AT CHANDIGRAH SPINAL REHAB

I’d like to introduce you to my friends. I’m sitting here at the Seattle airport waiting for the last flight of my trip I can’t stop flipping through the photos of the friends I left in Chandigarh. The photos are likely just faces to many of you, but to me each face has a score of memories logged away in my mind. I look forward to the day where I can log more memories. Like a few of the others, this post will likely be more photos with captions.

SMILE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED

"How lucky I am to have something that makes saying goodbye so hard.” -A.A. Milne (Winnie-the-Pooh)

Sometime in the early part of my second week someone leaked the news. There was to be a party Friday night. This was somewhat of a surprise party, but not a well kept one. The party was not in my honor; however, it functioned in part as a farewell party for me.

THE SILENT GARDEN

I am going to take a cue from the name of this garden and not say too much about it. This is largely because I really don’t know too much about it other than it flanks Sukhna Lake and is home to a giant Buddha statue surrounded by places to sit and reflect and be silent. Enjoy!

NOT ALL HEROES WEAR CAPES

“A hero is an ordinary individual who finds the strength to persevere and endure in spite of overwhelming obstacles.” – Christopher Reeve

I wasn’t one of those kids that was really into collecting action figures or listening to stories like The Avengers. To be honest, I still don’t really know which heroic character belongs to which comic brand and who is a bad guy vs. good guy, or who has saved what universe. I do know that a cape or a fancy suit often earmarks any given character as a hero.