Choosing better over bitter: the tests within the testimonies

By ChrisMadaySchmidt | August 15, 2023

On Aug. 19, 2004, my family’s life was forever changed. Nineteen years ago, a drunk driver slammed into my husband, Bob’s vehicle. Yet despite his chronic pain—and the deficits caused by a traumatic brain injury and broken bones—Bob’s story doesn’t end there. It lives on each year I climb atop my soapbox. It lives on…

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Maybe it’s not about us: asking the whys

By ChrisMadaySchmidt | August 23, 2022

If you missed my Facebook post on Aug. 19, feel free to “grab a cuppa” (my silly new phrase), and settle in. Because this is my platform to talk about a life-changing event that occurred 18 years ago on Aug. 19, 2004. If you need a refresher, or this is your first time joining me,…

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