16 Years Ago On A Cold January Day
Life has changed so much in the last several years, since I grew up. I don't know how much I liked growing up to be honest. There are pivitol moments in a person's life and I can tell you about one of mine...
16 years ago I came home from college one day, I still lived at home, to find my stepdad (who raised me) in tears. I only seen him in tears I think one other time before that, and that was when his brother Norman died many years before this day. On this day, in January 11, 16 years ago, he was in tears and I was scared. He told me to sit down because the news wasn't good. I remember feeling sick, wondering who died. He said it was Duke. I was immediately in hysterics... My knees felt like jello and I felt like I was going to throw up. And then he said, "There was an accident on the farm, and, his arms were torn off.... they're trying to save his life." I don't know that it is even possibly describable in any way shape or form how a person feels when they are told something like that. How, why, what...
I will skip the rest of the story and tell you that he is alive and well and he wrote a book. His story is AMAZING, he is amazing.
Book Raises Funds for Health Care
August 21, 2002
John Thompson and Paula Crain Grosinger, authors of Home in One Piece, announce that sales of their book have raised over three thousand dollars for area health care organizations. Home in One Piece was printed by a Fargo publisher in 2001 and became a regional bestseller. Thompson and Grosinger retain the rights to the book detailing Thompson's experiences after he lost both arms in a farm accident.
Grosinger and Thompson collaborated for nearly three years. The result is an electrifying story documenting Thompson's survival and personal struggles following the loss of his arms in a power take-off accident on his family farm.
When Home in One Piece was launched in late 2001, Thompson and Grosinger committed to using the book to increase awareness about the need for blood donors and rural emergency medical services. The pair designated fifty cents of their share of the proceeds from each book sold to assist United Blood Services with donor recruitment.
Grosinger worked with numerous trauma victims in the hospital setting. "A lot of my patients had severe debilitating injuries such as quadriplegia, paraplegia and head injuries," says Grosinger. "Tragically, like John's injury, most of their injuries could have been prevented."
Thompson and Grosinger sold a number of copies on their own. From those proceeds they report making over $2,800 in cash donations to area hospitals, the State Emergency Medical Services Association, and blood banks in Minnesota and South Dakota. According to the authors over $2,500 more has been collected by the Fargo publisher for area blood banks. A portion of those funds has already been distributed bringing the total cash donations to date to over $3,200.
Thompson and Grosinger say they hope to print a second edition of Home in One Piece within the next year. They say they will continue to promote issues like blood donor awareness and farm safety.
For more info about his book... click on it.
16 years ago I came home from college one day, I still lived at home, to find my stepdad (who raised me) in tears. I only seen him in tears I think one other time before that, and that was when his brother Norman died many years before this day. On this day, in January 11, 16 years ago, he was in tears and I was scared. He told me to sit down because the news wasn't good. I remember feeling sick, wondering who died. He said it was Duke. I was immediately in hysterics... My knees felt like jello and I felt like I was going to throw up. And then he said, "There was an accident on the farm, and, his arms were torn off.... they're trying to save his life." I don't know that it is even possibly describable in any way shape or form how a person feels when they are told something like that. How, why, what...
I will skip the rest of the story and tell you that he is alive and well and he wrote a book. His story is AMAZING, he is amazing.
Book Raises Funds for Health Care
August 21, 2002
John Thompson and Paula Crain Grosinger, authors of Home in One Piece, announce that sales of their book have raised over three thousand dollars for area health care organizations. Home in One Piece was printed by a Fargo publisher in 2001 and became a regional bestseller. Thompson and Grosinger retain the rights to the book detailing Thompson's experiences after he lost both arms in a farm accident.
Grosinger and Thompson collaborated for nearly three years. The result is an electrifying story documenting Thompson's survival and personal struggles following the loss of his arms in a power take-off accident on his family farm.
When Home in One Piece was launched in late 2001, Thompson and Grosinger committed to using the book to increase awareness about the need for blood donors and rural emergency medical services. The pair designated fifty cents of their share of the proceeds from each book sold to assist United Blood Services with donor recruitment.
Grosinger worked with numerous trauma victims in the hospital setting. "A lot of my patients had severe debilitating injuries such as quadriplegia, paraplegia and head injuries," says Grosinger. "Tragically, like John's injury, most of their injuries could have been prevented."
Thompson and Grosinger sold a number of copies on their own. From those proceeds they report making over $2,800 in cash donations to area hospitals, the State Emergency Medical Services Association, and blood banks in Minnesota and South Dakota. According to the authors over $2,500 more has been collected by the Fargo publisher for area blood banks. A portion of those funds has already been distributed bringing the total cash donations to date to over $3,200.
Thompson and Grosinger say they hope to print a second edition of Home in One Piece within the next year. They say they will continue to promote issues like blood donor awareness and farm safety.
For more info about his book... click on it.
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