Ya, new update!!!!!!
Love to hear what is going in your life. Bry please do not give up or get upset when things get harder. Just take a 'time out' but, then get back to the task at hand. EaCh and everyday you are getting stronger and learning all new things.
LOve to know that you singing - I can't hold a note for the life of me. Glad you are getting out and hanging out with the people in your new living community. You are the best and don't you ever forget that. Bry you are are often on my mind and in my heart. Keep going and maybe you will allow your family to post you singing. Sending love your way and again thank you Stow for keeping us in the loop. WE love you ALL <3

Dear Bryan,
Keep Up The Good Work! I enjoyed hearing of your awesome progress!
That is so Cool you got it going on with Karaoke Nights!
You and your room mates will have to start a garage band pretty soon!
God Likes Rock N Roll Buddy!
Thank You Stow Family For The Awesome Update,
It was really refreshing reading an inspiring
page from my favorite family! Robert and I
send out our prayers and well wishes to you all.
Giant Hugs and Kisses,
Shelly Taylor

You are right for believing and encouraging him to keep working at it...it will get easier for him as it did for Samantha. Samantha always enjoyed a little competition to motivate her to push through a hard task....winning is always a great feeling. And yes, btw she does cheat if she has to to win. Gets it from her dad!

I'm thinking about that program for Samantha. A short time living on her own and seeing if we can give her more independence. She's very interested and ready. Hope I am.

Bryan is definitely doing amazing. What an awesome person he must be!

Thank you for the update. I have a smile on my face and am silently cheering Bryan as I imagine him singing away. :) I can't sing much either but lend my voice (always) in admiration and support of all of you. Love and all great wishes.

I checked for an update yesterday because I had a feeling one might be incoming. Thanks to facebook I saw this morning that I was a day early. I am so glad to see this update. I often think about Bryan and you good Stow folks. I've been watching the Paralympics for the past few days, and I've seen absolute proof that disabilities can be overcome. I've watched people missing multiple limbs enter and win swimming events. I've seen blind or legally blind people run track. I've seen people with upper spinal cord injuries do amazing things in wheelchair races. The future is still unwritten and Bryan can still be who he wants to be. He sure is lucky to have a strong family, because you're right: by working at something, it can be achieved. So thanks again for this update, Stow family. Cheers, Bryan!

And I hope no one will mind if I plug the Paralympics once again and note that you can watch TONS of coverage LIVE at paralympic.org or over on youtube.com/user/ParalympicSportTV . It's going on for one more week and is highly worth a look if you have the time.

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Sending love from Raleigh, NC. Come by frequently to check for updates. Love that you still take the time to update those that pray for Bryan and your family.

Hey Bryan, we like peanut butter and jelly sandwiches too. You're pretty brave to sing Eye of the Tiger on Karaoke. None of my family would have the nerve to do that! Keep singing, keep getting stronger.
Lots of love and support from the Rhodes family in Vancouver, WA

Tons & Tons of Hugs from Canada Bryan. You continue to be in my thoughts.

Jeannie

I love the rehab/transition idea! We had a really hard time when Eric first came home, and that would have been wonderful. He was so sick and tired of all the inpatient rules, that he would stop at nothing to get "thrown out" as he recalls!

I have stopped our Facebook page, but I think I may start a web page, like yours, to keep Eric's updates available. We've been through some really challenging times lately, but it's such an overwhelming thing Eric's done. He survived. I want to share it with the world. His reasons for being alive and being too stubborn to die, he said, was his boys. He said he hadn't taught them to be men yet.

TBI is so frustrating...for everyone involved. You want that same person back, but at the same time...you're thrilled that he's still here to share life with us, no matter how hard it is sometimes. Eric's been driving himself crazy thinking of ideas for projects around the house, but he can't do them yet. He wants to take the boys fishing more than anything. For us, he said he wants to reconnect and "get that magic back."

Overall--he IS walking! He just decided to skip the walker and cane! Ok with us :)!!! So many, so many outside factors and obstacles have been thrown at us all. Wen it comes down to it, it's really all petty. Family disagreements, days missed from work for dr apts, not having the laundry/dishes done all the time, being late to work/school, and so much more. All these things don't matter when it comes to the precious life we've been given the opportunity to live.

Like my Grandma just told me today...she wants the song, "One day at a time" played at her funeral. The reason: because we never know how much time God has given us, and every day should be lived like that. I've learned to cherish the days God was graceful enough to allow Eric to stay here with us. I'm learning, and trying to remember this and forget all the rest.

Eric is trying to be strong and optimistic, but I cannot even try to imagine how hard it is to struggle with this brain injury everyday. There's so much he wants to do when he gets a little bit better. First on the list is fishing with the boys :)

Oh-and Eric also loves to sing and rhyme and make up his own cute songs! We're hanin in there, and I'm glad you all are too. It's going to get better. Everyday.

Love, Cassandra
Wife of Eric- a tbi survivor

Bryan - you continue to be in our thoughts and our prayers - we hope for your continued progress - God bless you and your family. We just bought the dvd of the flannery concert - can't wait to get it! Take care! the Escoto family

Hey there Bryan & Hello to the Stow's. I haven't seen any updates on Facebook so I thought I'd come here to search out the latest and was surprised to see this latest news. I'm glad to hear of your progress and recoveries. You've really come a long way in the last year....AWESOME!! Bryan, you are in my daily and continued prayers to our God for a complete recovery. Do not quit on your recovery and I will not quit on this prayer. May God continue to richly bless you all. Take care. Hope to hear more good news soon.

Thank you for the great post on Bryan's improvements.

And for you Bryan, why bother making a peanut butter sandwich when you can take a spoon and eat the peanut butter out of the jar.

Keep up the great work Bryan

Sharon mommy to three dogs

It's nice to hear your making progress Bryan. Our family here in Orange County, California are praying for you. I wish to God so much we could have done more for U on that dreadful day. You will ALWAYS be in our prayers and thought of each and everyday. Take care to U and you family...

brian,i hope you are getting better and that terrible thing will never happen again you seem like a nice guy even tho you are a giants fan i respect you so much hope you can soon go to a giants game with your familly =)

It always brings a smile to me to read your updates. Bryan, keep the faith! You are a wonderful person and have touched so many people that even though we might not know you we feel that we are part of your family. Love to all of you and keeping you in my thoughts and prayers.

Hi,
I've been here since the beginning but never commented. I'm still here, and my face still lights up when I see a good Bryan update. It was always kind of personal to see them. I was in Physical Therapy school when Bryan got hurt. I watched his progress the whole time and thought about him while I studied, mostly neurology. I graduated and it looks like it might wind up being party of my specialty. Please keep updating. It's so motivating to see what Bryan is doing, and what the family is doing. It's not even just an update anymore. I get a little lesson every time. Thanks,
Shell

I too have never commented, but I like to check in to see how he is progressing. It breaks my heart reading these updates, but my heart smiles at the optimism and perseverance that your family has. I will continue to pray for his recovery. Try and keep the optimism up and remember that bad days can be like bad seasons, the Giants have earned the name Giants torture, and Bryan's setbacks may be heartbreaking, but in baseball we hold on to our faith in our team and hope for something magical. Just as our Giants have done in 2010, and what we are currently on the road to again. Bryan needs that same faith and prayer for a miracle, hoping for a little magic. God bless your family.

Praying for you Bryan.

9/22/12, 9:15 PM
GO GIANTS...Nat'l League West Division Champs!! All of us here are thinking of all of you there!!
With love,
Claussen's Corner
Angels Camp

Eye of the Tiger! A more appropriate song has not yet been written! So good to hear that Bryan is progressing, even if it is slower than he would like. My boss has a wonderful saying, not sure if he took it from someone but since there is nothing new under the sun... it's "Progress not Perfection". And that is exactly what is going on here. progress. Bryan you continue to astound, amaze and render me speechless with your insane perserverance and good humor.

pssttt... Bryan... I think the folks are on to you about the Uno scam... ;D

(((((((((((Bryan))))))))))))) you and your family and your children and your friends are all in my daily prayers. Blessings and continued healing... and you keep watching us all with the Eye of the Tiger!!!

Love,

R.

Thinking of Bryan and the Stow family as the Giants march into the post season. I am hopeful that Bryan still gets a thrill out of watching his boys. Bless you all. Bryan is always in my prayers.