David Ewing, my nephew,  is one the brightest young men I know. He is very witty and a fun loving person.  He adores all of his nieces and nephews with such intensity.  David is 24 years old and has the whole world in front of him.  Friday May 18th, while he was jogging on a beautiful spring afternoon, he was hit by a truck.  He has been in the hospital with a severe brain injury and a broken femur.  He has been slowly, but steadily recovering. It is going to be a very long process. This from Tim, David's father today, June 21st. " The other night, I was recollecting the day's events--how hard David had worked during his therapy and also when he and I do things together like working on his hand-eye coordination when eating, or how he'll take his own initiative to do exercises when he's in the cardiac chair, grabbing his legs with his good hand and pulling them up towards his chest to flex his knees and work the muscles, etc. He has such a great attitude through it all...even though progress is soooo slow. Imagine trying with all your might, like the effort you put forth to achieve a new max weight on the bench press or squat,... imaging trying that hard just to grip your spoon or wiggle your fingers or lift your arm a few inches off the bed, or hold your head up for a few seconds before it flops down to your chest... How frustrating would that be?!?! How scary would that be to have your body not respond the way you are used to it responding?!?! Imagine not being able to grip a spoon, or feed yourself without slopping food down your chin and into your lap. Would you get frustrated, would you get afraid that you might never recover, would you get angry...tempted to give up?? Wow, I think I would experience all these emotions and thoughts but David just grins and bears it. When he is asked to try to move or lift something, he fights for every inch. He doesn't quit. He tries and tries. He'll groan in pain at times and when asked if it's too much and he says "it's ok, keep going"...how remarkable and inspiring it is to watch him work so hard, to fight this fight and even eat all his vegetables."   Every little bit will help and if you are not able to donate, please send prayers to the Ewing family.