Nick Really is a Remarkable Kid

This is what he posted on his facebook site the other day (I don’t think he blogs on the wordpress site much anymore).  I wanted to share it with you all.  You would never know from reading this that Nick was actually injured and left a quadriplegic in this place that is still so special to him.  Obviously, like a person, we don’t want to define a place based on one thing that happens, one moment in time. 

By the way - Brendan is crazy awesome, too.  Our family is truly blessed and despite some hardships, the things that really matter seem to be well under the competent management of a merciful and loving God.

From Nick’s Facebook:

Dewey BeachYesterday at 1:01amMost people have that one special place that they have fond memories of. Whether it be their childhood house, there college town, or maybe their vacation home, almost everyone has that place that in their mind is perfect. For me, that place is still Dewey Beach. 

I miss it pretty much every day of every month that I’m not there. It encompasses every memory from the first time my parents gave me the freedom to go get lunch all by myself, to the summer I lived by myself and worked, to last summer and the “Dewey Crew.” I love it so much that it pains me to know it’s a ghost town September through April. 

My dad told me that when the accident happened, his first thought was that it was the end of Dewey for our family, but I could never let that happen. There is so much history there that Dewey means even more now. 

The one thing that I recently thought of was that, out of all the buildings in Dewey, I think my building is the only one with an elevator. Without that, my house in Dewey s out of the question and the beach would be just a memory. I thank God pretty much every day now that elevator exists…ironic because we use to complain it was there when no one used it. 

I honestly don’t know why I wrote this, other than I heard a song that reminded me of the beach; maybe I miss writing a little because it’s harder to do now. I guess I just wanted to say thanks to everyone that help make it the place that is so special to me and that I’m glad it is a place I still look forward to going.