Giant steps-
What is the impact of one step? According to the legend of Paul Bunyan a series of steps can form 10,000 lakes. The steps off the lunar module defined a Generation. We all take thousands of steps everyday, one after another without a second thought.

While Brandy and I saw the MRI as we prepared for Max’s time as we tried to make sense of what it all meant I had to ask the question. Will he ever walk? I was afraid to know the answer but I remember feeling like that would put things into a more understandable context.

‘We don’t know, it’s possible that in 5 or 6 years he may walk. He may never be able to walk. We can’t say with any certainty either way.”

My son may never walk, I struggled to verbalize the words. I could think it, but trying to say it would rip me apart, I couldn’t stop the tears.

So I ask again what’s the impact of a step? For you, for me for the majority of Americans it means very little. To a boy whose never known what it’s like to thrust his foot down into the summer grass or into a spring puddle one step can mean everything.

It’s an amazing thing to watch Max’s spirit overcome the body that betrayed him. Recently Max has found the motivation to begin pushing his limits. Pushing his body well past it’s previous limits. As I hold my hands under his arms I can feel his determination. I can sense his spirit getting stronger.

Sometimes we walk across the room together, other times it’s just a few steps. Every step is step against the condition, against the MRI, against the doctors that said he would never take those very steps.

I don’t know what these steps will become or how soon. What I know is that a no medical report or series of terms and diagnosis’s can limit what the human spirit can accomplish. What I know for sure is that giant steps have the power to inspire, the power to give hope to those who have given up their own fight. I know that giant steps have the power to change the world.

Scott