Past, Present, & Future

So to keep everything short as possible, & to the point.

Begining: In the begining there was an infant that was handed off to his grandparents. The mother was to young to care for the child & she was on a lots of drugs (the 70’s). That wasn’t the best path for him cause the new mom (step-grandmother) was a narsacist & there was mental abuse on the young child. Then as he grew older he ran with no direction. Getting into trouble & hanging with the wrong people. He worked for better things in life, & for a better, life dealt a crappy hand. He was alone, & ended up living behind bushes, sleeping under bridges, & begged for jobs just to get any money to eat. Then because of determination, hard work, & maybe lots of luck, a stranger to notice & gave him a chance that even his family wouldn’t. He crossed paths with an old female friend that happened to be a couple months pregnant. They ended up dating, eventually married, & a family had formed. The lil baby girl became his at birth & he thought maybe he had made it in life. Over a short time, the wife started sleeping around. He’d grown a temper. Although it was not physical, they had a toxic marriage with very few good times, but he stuck around for his daughter. The young man went to prison for multiple driving charges (18 months).

Present: After prison that toxic marriage split like a wishbone. After some time he met the wonderful (& hot) wife he has now thnat also had 2 kids. Him & his wife had their ups & downs, some disagreements, but they have triumphed over some rather hard times making them stronger together. She has the love, hopes, & dreams while he holds the strength, the drive, & the will. They are the complete opposite by their definitions. Then March of 2025 medical issues were surfacing & it seemed to come with serious backpain, hands & arms were numb, couldn’t grab, carry, or function with his hands. The doctor did nothing & wasn’t intersted no matter what. Month after month symptoms were worsening while also gaining a limp. He couldn’t sleep properly & the pain was so intense at times with the lack of sleep, during mid conversation, pass out while talking. Eventually in June he started going to a chiropractor & about the start of July the chiropractor pushed for the appropriate MRI. The man ended up recieving a stat refferal to a nerosurgeon where he was shown on the MRI where his vertebrae was disintegrating, & was cutting off his spinal cord, turning him into a Quadriplegic. In a couple weeks he would be having surgery. Worrying about the worst of many problems now & dealing with the rest later. July 29th, 2 weeks later he woke up with what looked like a tootsie roll underthe skin on his neck.

Poissible Future: Yes, the surgeon fixed what he said he was going to, but constant pain every day that lingers & intermittently intensifies is my new life as of now. I’m looking to get some MRI’s about 6 months after the surgery to hopefully find out what still causing all this pain. At least I’m being looked at & I’m more at ease now then before. I’m starting physical therapy & I hurt a lot, but with the love of my wife, my kids, a couple of close people that keep me in check, I continue to think positive & dream of a better day.

Conclusion: I started Salty Designz after I was having the most horrible pain imaginable to keep my mind busy. Mental, physical, & sexual abuse, life smacking me around a lil, prison time, depression, anxiety, homelessness, the pain & hurt have only been a little into my life. I’ve experienced it all. No matter how bad I feel, every day is new to start fresh with one foot in front of the other. If this is a story like yours, please keep your head up, think for a better tomorrow, & don’t let the monsters inside or out stand in your way. If your reading this, if you need somebody who can listen & understand, use the Contact Me Form thats provided & I’ll listen. If you see someone thats struggling, don’t stand idle at their side, be the one that gives them a chance like someone did for me once long ago.