Evening with my son

 So I decided to make up and be a stupid monkey and try and forget about all the crap I've been through. Easier said than done. So this evening I took my son out as he has not spent any time with me for a very long time. He seriously is my mini me. It was a well deserved hangout night. We even went to the movies and watched Fighting with the Family. Great British dialogue.
So now it's time for bed and another day starts. Still got terrible shakes all through my body which gets me down but I am alive.

Just another day with Dracula

Blood draw at OSU. Just another day.

Praise

What's crazy is for all the illnesses we seem to be struck down by, the heartache of our poor van going through the wars and all the other crazy bad stuff that seems to happen to us, tonight I realized that I am once again finding my footing. I am now a bigger part of our church, a part that fits me well and a part that I can help express my love for my extended family and the love I have for the Lord.
I know in these day of worldwide terrorism, it's not the thing to tell people that you're a Christian, but I am now proud to have this title. I have always been one but it has never really meant anything until the day my heart stopped for 8 minutes. Then it all changed and although I now have a terrible illness, I'm still here and spreading the word of many good things. With the help of my family and friends I now see a future, a future full of amazing wondrous people and smiles.
For the last couple of hours I have been working on the new church website that I am an honor to be a part of.
These are the reasons I was saved. I can't wait to be able to provide for my family again one day and take the stress off of my amazing wife. Here is one strong woman, a woman that has never once given up on me and is the best mother to my son I could have wished for.
For now and to another day, God bless, take care and as a guy in the East End of London would say, "be lucky mate".

Mark

Inspiring

So fellow LVADer, don't fret about not making a difference in life, because you are.
Today I was going through my Twitter account and came across someone that had mentioned my name. So it was a medical company in Houston Texas and the headline was, "Today's Inspiration". A photo of me at the finish line of Dash for Donation and the statement that Lifeline of Ohio wrote. What an honor, but we can all do the things that we didn't think we could do. We can also change lives and make people change their minds who aren't currently donors.
Come help me change the world.
Lifeline of Ohio Dash for Donation FB

You can even get on TV!

Donate Life Law

Check out the new law coming into affect in OHIO. Suck amazing news. http://bit.ly/1qdLXm0

DASH FOR DONATION

Don't forget to JOIN my 5K Walking team. You'll get a Donate Life shirt plus a team shirt. Click on JOIN team on my website and fill out the information. The sooner I get a team together the sooner I can order the shirts.

Message me if you have any questions. heartofmark@gmail.com

donate life presentation

https://youtu.be/Nzbz_LejQho

Donate Life Month

I am looking forward to presenting to a whole bunch of different places this coming April as we go into Donate Life month. Plus I have just been given my replacement LVAD replica to help show what amazing technology is inside me.

New for 2015

So in July there will be a Dash for Donation http://dashfordonation.org/ at the Arena District in downtown Columbus Ohio. I will be getting a team together in some form or another so either email me, message me on facebook or just plain old talk to me. It's going to be awesome and I will be walking in the 5K, I was thinking that 1K would be about right for me but if I am going to have a goal this year then this is it. Oh and I will also be walking for another dear charity of mine. Project H2O Uganda, so it will be named "Walk for Water". So who's with me?

Mark

Happy donate life halloween

http://youtu.be/1TxZRSpZpp8

Click to watch my happy Halloween message...

October 2nd.....

The trees are turning from rich greens to oranges, reds and brown. The leaves are fluttering down to earth with such grace and the branches now are naked and exposed.

For the first time I look at every tree that God has put in front of me. The life it brings, the sounds it creates and the beauty of its presence lives amongst us in a type of silence. They are everywhere and they are part of our life. The lord as created an amazing growing organism, right here, right now. We tend to miss them, not notice them until you get to realise that all this is not promised. I find beauty in everything, especially gods creations. 

Happy Thursday and enjoy the times of changing seasons.