A big Rusty blog welcome to Demry(SP?) Wright from Corpus Christi. Met him truckin’ down a sidewalk yesterday. Noticing his slight limp I said, “It looks like you get around about like I do.” He gave me a big grin and a strong handshake.

Come to find out he lost his lower leg in a serious grain elevator accident some time back. He’s not letting the prosthesis keep him from doing what he wants to do. “I just do it a little slower is all” was his remark about going huntin’ and fishin’. He hunts elk in Colorado and New Mexico and whatever else he decides to do.

A Texas shrink has had him give pep talks to other amputees who sit around feeling sorry for themselves. He tells them “The good Lord let you live so you can enjoy your wife and kids. As serious as your injury was you could’ve lost your life. Now get off your butt and go ahead and live the rest of your life to the fullest. You’ve got a lot to live for so quit feeling sorry for yourself and make the most of what you DO have, not what you don’t have.”

To me, attitude makes all the difference in the world. He’s a hero in my eyes. Who has similar stories for us?