survivor | storyteller | bike rider | heavy laugher
I will be posting more about my training and this transition from being a professional patient, fighting for my life to becoming a professional cyclist about to ride across the United States of America, with the heart of a Navy flight surgeon. #Livelikemazz
Looking back with a bit of insomnia creeping, I look through old photos (check below the ones that stuck out most). I look to see what life was for me back then. I remember the time and place, SOMETIMES. I forget a lot of things. I blame it on the two and half years of chemo, as an eighteen year old. Also the medication used to keep the incredibly healthy heart, I received from an incredible superhuman. His name was James (I know I’ve mentioned it a few times previously... sorry!) . He was a LT in the Navy. He loved people. He was selfless. I get to continue my life with a legend’s heart? I get to continue pursuing my ultimate life goal, in inspiring others and helping people overcome anything, with a heart from a man who dedicated his life to protecting this country? A person like this I will never get to meet. But you all will get to meet me. You’ll see traits of him and traits of me. Together we will change the world.
James - I can never be able to meet you. And that really bums me out. Thank you for my life
Flying to from Newark, NJ to Portland, OR (2014)
Shooting photos on rainy day in La Jolla, CA (2018)
Lincoln (2018)
showing off my LVAD to the doctor who saved my life. (2017)
When I reserved all of Anza Borrego Campground for our photo shoot ;) (2018)
You’ve already have had your fair share of “Final 2018” posts. This will not be like the others. I will not be using any of the “best of 2018” apps or posts. Mainly because most of those posts are photos of me post LVAD or in the hospital waiting for my heart transplant. The highlights through my eyes or through my lens has been the incredible path of photography. I picked up my first “serious camera”, spent a good amount of taking shitty photos, editing and finally in a place of confidence. Here’s the photos I feel are my best of 2018:
