One year for New Years my Dad took me, my brother and my Grandma and Grandpa Peterson to the Terry Redlin Museum in Watertown, South Dakota. The Terry Redlin Museum is an art museum. Terry Redlin was an artist who has passed away. My favorite painting was “Purple Mountain Majesty. ” It was a fun…

We have a cabin down the road from where we live. For a few years, when my Dad asked me if I wanted to camp out at the cabin, I have said no. Since we want to sell our cabin in Brainerd, I have changed my mind. I sleep on a futon. My Dad sleeps…

For my 14th birthday, I went camping for 1 night with 1 of our friends, Mickey, and her family. My Mom and Dad were at the NASCAR races in Bristol.  I had fun on Friday night, sat around the fire, opened presents and listened to everybody crack jokes. On Saturday morning I didn’t have fun.…

I am happy now that I am eating good. Eating is really important to me. I love it so much. One day I realized how to close my lips the proper way. I weighed 102 pounds the last time I saw the doctor. I love tuna melts. I love lasagna. I love pizza too. When…

In 2006, one of my PCA’s at the time, Mickey, took me camping at Beaver Trails for 1 night with our normal camping bunch. My Mom and Dad were in Bristol for the NASCAR races. I had fun on Friday night………. Tbc

Me, my family and a bunch of our friends went to Kamp Dels a couple of times. This campground had a petting zoo. It was fun. I enjoyed looking at the animals from our campsite. I thought it was cool watching the animals sleep at night. I went there once for the campout with Courage…

When I was little, me, my family and a bunch of our friends went camping at Jellystone Park. It was a blast. Jellystone had a beach. I had a beach chair that had great big wheels. I had a seat that lifted out of my wheelchair and we put my seat in my beach chair.…

For my birthday this year, my family took me to Lakeview Resort in Waterville. It was a blast and a half. I had no clue it was on a lake until we arrived on Friday. I said “Thank you family” 1,000 times. Time went nice and slow. It felt like 5 days even though we…

Before and after my DBS, I did the gait lab at Gillette Children’s. The gait lab is where I was videotaped walking. The first time I did it, my Mom wasn’t sure I could do it because she needed 3 other people to get me into the gait trainer. A gait trainer is a type…

In 2005, me, my family and a bunch of our friends, the Streses, went on a Mexican cruise. I had a blast. We had one of my PCA’s at that time, Marianne, along with us to take care of me some of the time. We went whale watching in Cobo San Lucas and I sat…