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!

Sunday

Hoping that this coming week is full of energy for me. Felt sluggish and yucky today. 

So I am sitting out on my back porch watching the birds catch the last of the bugs as the sun sets at 7.56pm. It's cool, it's pretty awesome because I hear the bugs and frogs and other little creatures calling out their dusk sounds. 

So this weekend has been strange as we as a couple feel like we get judged or we do things that others don't approve of. Myself and Tracey are very hard nosed people and tend to do what we thinks right. I apologize if we offend or have offended anyone before. We don't do things annoy, upset or make arguments, it's just the way we are and I guess that's why we married each other.

On that note, be safe and love one another.