If someone were to ask you to write in 500 words or less about the following:
"What is the most inspirational moment you have experienced?"
What would you write? This is what I came up with:
There are many significant inspirational moments I have lived that would be worth sharing, but sitting here and thinking, I have to say that getting hit by a car, on March 15th, 2003---when I suffered mutliple fractures to my pelvis and also an open tibia fracture---grew to become the ultimate inspiration. I had never really appreciated my life, or what I was or how lucky I was just to be able to walk on my two legs until I was lying in a hospital bed, for an entire week before they operated on me and I was left, there, staring up at the cold, ugly, boring walls of that Montreal General Hospital room, scared that I might never walk again. I met people, many people, as young as I was at 23 back then and didn’t get to be as lucky as I am today.
It was during those six long months of recovery that I found out I had more friends than I thought I did, and really got to know what a privilege it is to even just be able to go to the bathroom by yourself… By healing physically, I also found out how to heal emotionally. Recovery, from anything, is earned. Once I knew I would be able to walk again---“But it will be hard and painful” as they’d said---Nothing was going to stop me from gaining back my legs so I’d be able to walk myself out of that hospital. Back to the life I really did love. Not a day goes by that I don’t think of “what if…”
I guess it all comes down to the fact I’d rather feel the rain on my face, wait for a bus at -40- and even live through heartbreaks and whatever else that makes life suck sometimes than to not be here to live it all the way I live it now.
Saturday, May 10, 2008
James McCunn Photography
My good friend James McCunn personally requested a shameless plug on my meaningless-yet-powerful-and-influential Blogger page... James is an artist, a photographer, one who walks to the beat of his own drum and despite his burly appearance, he is so much more than meets the eye...
He takes headshots of the musicians showcased at the Pheonix Bar (please log onto PHOENIX BAR: http://phoenixbarjournals.spaces.live.com/ for details, or find it on Facebook Groups, PHOENIX BAR (Sainte-Anne's Living Room through this link http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=9592613268 )
James is a talented photographer, one who has a unique eye for unconventional snapshots and I have personally asked for him to capture my birthday's pictures!!!
He's worth the detour!!! A good friend I care to keep.
So, please do make a special effort and check out his gallery:
PICASA WEB ALBUMS
James's Public Gallery
James's Public Gallery
Or find him on YouTube:
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