Stella's Blog

In a moment I became a C5 complete spinal. But in the many moments of the 16 years since I have learnt to walk, travelled the world, married my perfect husband and worked my way up to Vice President of a major bank.

My name is Stella Boyle, welcome to my blog.

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My Story

NOTHING REPLACES HARD WORK

My first year in the wheelchair came and went, with my future completely wiped off my life. I pondered and questioned, where was all this go

MY OTHER FATHER

He was a world famous professor, personally taught and supervised half of all people working in the Australian banking industry including...

BATTLES

Perhaps, what doesn't kill you makes you stronger. But with each battle, comes scars. As time goes by, scars fade, but they will always...

TAKE ME HOME - NEW BEGINNING? OR A DEAD END?

If Moorong was the place of death, what comes after that was meant to be eternity in hell. 3rd July 2003, was my day to go home. It was a...

DREAMS TO REALITY

Winter was cold in 2002. On the vastly big and bare campus of the Royal Rehab Centre, stood only a few dwellings, each with a few...

BECAUSE YOU CAN!

Remember in the movie "The Sixth Sense", how ghosts looks depended on how they believed they looked? Don't you wish you can do that in...

MOORONG, THE PLACE OF DEATH

It's usually a happy thing to be discharged from the hospital. It usually means you have your health back, you get to go home, you get to...

HOME: SO NEAR, YET SO FAR

Home: so near, yet so far You want to be home when you are battered in life and vulnerable. Be home so you can feel safe and nurse your...

CELEBRATE OUR LOVED ONES

Crisis brings people together. A life changing event like a serious injury, is sure to revive all the potential, loving relationships...

AND THERE, WAS THE BRIGHT SPARK

Seek, and you shall find, that bright spark, even in the darkest of the nights. Sometimes those sparks are so vulnerable you wonder if...

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Stella's Blog

In a moment I became a C5 complete spinal. But in the many moments of the 16 years since I have learnt to walk, travelled the world, married my perfect husband and worked my way up to Vice President of a major bank.

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My name is Stella Boyle, welcome to my blog.