As Mother’s Day approaches this year, I have an entirely new perspective about the value of a mother. Little over a month ago, my Grandmother, the standing Matriarch of my enormous family, was involved in a terrible car wreck- one that likely should have been fatal. But as my grandmother, Virginia (Zachary) McMahan, is an angel on this earth, and God’s plan was not to bring her home yet, she miraculously ...
Roy Exum: "Luke" - The Artificial Arm
by Roy Exum
Several weeks ago, when I was deeply mired in the throes of yet another serious arm infection, a great friend sent me one of the most inspirational videos I have seen in some time. It is a tape of Dean Kamen, one of the world's greatest innovators, describing the new "Luke Arm" prosthesis his labs have developed for the GIs who are coming back from Iraq with empty sleeves. Kamen, who invented the ...
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