The Power of Porter

It has been 4 months since Porter's accident on April 26th. I apologize for not having posted in about a month. I'm sorry I haven't written down as faithfully what we've been doing and feeling. I regret it. It has been a rollercoaster, to say the least. Someone told us that the first 6 months after you leave the rehab hospital are rough.  So far, they are correct. I feel bad that this blog is in my voice, because I know the last few weeks have been VERY different depending from who's perspective you're hearing it. In the hospital and rehab facility, mine and Porter's lives were basically the same. We did everything together. Now, we are living very different lives. Since this is a blog about Porter's spinal cord injury and recovery, I feel as though I should give you all the details about him, and his journey. But, what I know and experience and feel about it, is my journey from my perspective. And while it would be fun and way more interesting to hear a

You know when you get behind in your journal and then you don't want to get it out and start writing because you know it will take you 90 hours to catch up, so you keep putting it off? Then people tell you to just start from today and don't go back and catch up? but stuff happened that you want to document....Yep! That's where I stand. So, I'm not going to take people's advice because I want to have these moments in our story. But they will be little snippets. This post is SUPER LONG and will look a little different, but I want to remember these things. And I have to keep reminding myself, this is a record for me, not for anyone else. Thanks for being here and following our journey and for your love and support and prayers. We can feel them. Please don't stop. Porter and I came back to our room from therapy and there was a package waiting for us. He loves getting packages and we were excited to see what was in it. It had that very large bubble wrap in it and I h