Un-breaking a Woman’s Heart

Un-breaking a Woman’s Heart

Women are sensitive creatures, and not to say it has anything to do with weakness, but they view the world through another spectrum of colours unseen in the outside world.  They acknowledge more and understand the human heart, while compassion entices them to enter...
Your Duchenne Guide to Dating Ricky

Your Duchenne Guide to Dating Ricky

Are you tired of boring relationships?  Do you feel as if the romance in your life is lacking, and that anything resembling it is cliché and gag-worthy?  Are you looking for something more… adventurous? If so, this is the guide for you because Ricky’s version isn’t...
Positivity 101

Positivity 101

Putting on a smiling face amid a chronic disorder that takes away every ounce of strength, is incredibly difficult, but who ever said that life was easy?  With Duchenne muscular dystrophy, you work so much harder for rewards, yet despite how the physical keeps getting...
The Duchenne Guide for Tracheostomies

The Duchenne Guide for Tracheostomies

Following my spinal fusion surgery, the second major operation I had was the tracheostomy.  It was an emotional decision, but one that gave me another chance at life.  Every medical procedure is a risk, even the minor, which can be rather frightening.  Here is a list...
The Duchenne Guide for Spinal Fusion Surgeries

The Duchenne Guide for Spinal Fusion Surgeries

The spinal fusion is probably your child’s first major operation.  Perhaps you feel somewhat lost as a parent.  My family and I were in the same situation back in the summer of ‘94.  I was only thirteen years old at the time and everything seemed up in the air.  Of...
Four Steps to Mending a Broken Heart

Four Steps to Mending a Broken Heart

Have you ever wondered why it hurts so much when love is lost?   Romance is to give your heart without fear, but when it breaks, you become confounded with only pieces that remain.   Some believe that it’s best to keep yourself preoccupied, but at the end of the day,...