I posted this last year in the old community. Some of my thoughts two years after starting here. I didn't want the comments from our community members to get lost:

I love this picture of Christopher in his chair. Maybe, because he doesn't look injured one bit.

That chair, exactly how you see it in this photo, still sits in the lobby here in the home office. Oddly enough, no one knows how it got here.

The chair is enormous. The impressions of his body are still there. You can feel the power radiating from it, like he imbued it with a super power all its own.

It's no wonder why people are still touched by this man. He struck a chord for action, tenacity, and love that has never stopped reverberating.

Here are a few of the comments about Christopher we have seen this past week on Facebook, Twitter, and our community.

"Christopher and Dana were purely amazing and I think about them as I do my research in TBI. My previous training introduced me to patients with SCIs and mucular dystrophies; both Chris and Dana Reeve have been an inspiration."

"I still can't really believe he's gone. I still think of him, and he follows me in everything that I do. I think I had become a better person in attempt to live his dream. He helped me in so many ways, even though I never met him. He helped me to become a stronger woman after my grandfather died 9 months ago. I'll always love him."

"He (and Dana) are greatly missed! Doesn't seem like 5 years already!  The foundation has been instrumental in getting me help for my step-daughter who has spina bifida and for myself as I have have two back surgeries due to working with severely and profoundly, medically fragile children."

"Because of their strength-my daughter will walk again one day."

"I really hope that my step-daughter will look beyond her disability and see what she can do to enrich the lives of others, just as Mr. Reeve did. I am thankful for his example that she can look to as she grows older. She is very lucky, as there are a lot of children that are worse off than she is and she can be a help to others who are better off and/or worse off or who have different disabilities than hers, just as Mr. Reeve was during his lifetime. I am sure his children are proud!"

"That's what it was that I got from Christopher without knowing. Sacrifice. Christopher sacrificed himself to save others. Whether it be their emotions, mind or body, Christopher moved many paralyzed as well. When he passed on, I went quiet when I saw the news. I stared at the ceiling and tears overcame me. I was afraid, Saying  how, how did they let  him go. When you are a fan, it's hard to believe your heroes can pass on. Then I turned to my laptop , stared for a while and began typing. When I got up I asked a friend named OUTTHERE to produce a track for my lyrics to Christopher. The song was Forever Superman. My first song not about myself. It's usually about yourself, rap sometimes is about who you are and what miracals you make. But Forever Superman was the opposite, it was about Christopher and his miracles he brings. Jahid helped me make a video in my kitchen and I composite under and overlays of the movie Superman into it." Watch the video!

Happy birthday, Christopher Reeve.

Rob

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