Hey there — thanks for stopping by. Some of you have asked about my story, and after sitting with it for a while, I think I’m finally ready to open up and share a bit of what’s shaped me.
I grew up in a small town in Georgia where life was simple, and sports were kind of everything. Softball, especially — that was my whole world. I played all through high school, landed a partial scholarship, and headed off to college to study nursing. I thought I had my path figured out — a clear, solid future I could build on.
But sometimes, life takes sharp turns you never see coming.
I was 20 when my world flipped upside down. I got into a serious car accident — someone was driving drunk. I ended up in a coma. The doctors weren’t optimistic. Honestly, no one really knew if I was going to make it.
When I woke up, nothing felt the same. I had a severe brachial plexus injury, and I lost the use of my right hand. Just like that, softball and nursing — everything I’d worked for — felt out of reach. I was devastated. Angry. Stuck in a kind of emotional fog I didn’t know how to get through.
But something shifted later on — slowly, and in a way I didn’t expect.
I started to travel. At first, it was just to get away, but it turned into something so much deeper. Each place I visited, each person I met… it all started helping me reconnect with parts of myself I thought I’d lost forever.
Travel gave me a different kind of therapy. It taught me how to breathe again. How to open up. How to find beauty even after something so painful. I learned how to let go of a lot of the grief and anger I was carrying — not all at once, but little by little.
What felt like the worst moment of my life eventually became the turning point that helped me grow into someone I never thought I could be. Today, I’ve been to 23 countries and touched six continents — and I’m not done yet. The people I’ve met, the stories I’ve heard, and the places I’ve seen have changed me in ways I can’t even fully explain.
I don’t see my injury as the end anymore. If anything, it marked the start of a whole new chapter — one that’s been more meaningful, more eye-opening, and honestly, more beautiful than the life I thought I had planned.
If you’ve read this far, thank you. Truly. I’ve got a lot more stories to tell, and I’m glad you’re here for the ride.
