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09/08/2024

Good Morning everyone;
What a miraculous day to be alive. 43 years ago, on 09-08-1981, I rode my Gold Wing motorcycle to work. I had no idea that the day would turn out as it did. The work day went by with nothing unusual happening. My friend, Bob Pytlarz, stopped by at the end of the work day. Bob also worked Downtown, Chicago. We rode home together, as Bob lived only a few miles away in Lake in the hills, IL. We were both wearing our helmets, never rode without one on in the seven years of riding. Made it home without incident. Ran into the house to get my health club gear. I must have taken off my helmet when I got into the house and somehow I forgot to put it back on when I left for the health club. Never made it to the health club, At the intersection of 68 and Hicks A young lady going the opposite direction, was used by the Lord as an instrument to completely change my lifestyle. She made a left turn and we met , me without a helmet. I woke up three month later paralyzed from the neck down except for my right arm. I had been given less than a 10% chance of surviving even one night. Given such slim chances of surviving, How can I still be alive 43 years later?

On Saturday morning 7/27/2024 I was exhibiting my photography at the Williams Bay fine art and craft Show. I need to pay more attention to where I am going and not be in such a hurry. I was just going to throw some garbage away and because of the damp grass I couldn't make it up onto the concrete pavilion so I proceeded to go around by way of the fire dept. parking lot. There were two pipe and cement poles sticking up but they were the right distance apart so to me it looked like they were marking the sidewalk. It was nice and level on the parking lot side and like I said I wasn't paying attention, thinking about the show. What I thought was a sidewalk was actually the top of a sewer vault and I went flying off the 12 or thirteen inch drop, flipping forward down to the cement with the 250 pound wheelchair on top of me. Lucky for me, my Lord, my God, and my Savior caught me in the palm of His hand and protected me from any serious harm. So I just badly scraped my knees, feet, right forearm, wrenched my right hip and badly scraped the left side of the forehead. With the force of my crash landing I should have fractured my skull or broken my neck, but again, Lord, you protected me from myself and kept me from any real harm. I have totally lost any interest in cliff diving.
How long, Lord, How much longer are you going to sustain me in this old- failing body of mine.? What have I left undone, that I need to do before you bring me home to my rest. With my eyes failing, I can barely see the magnificent creatures you’ve created, so I can capture their images with my camera and share them, with all who wish to see, for your Glory. You have already sustained me for forty three years beyond that day when the doctors gave me less than a 10% chance of surviving even one night. And for 43 years I have tried to let nothing stop me from doing what I do to glorify you. I have used up all my strength and all the strength I can get from you I have seen too much death in my life, My biological parents, my foster parents, who will always be mom and dad to me. That entire part of my life is gone, alive only in my memories. How much longer will you keep me going? I love the life you have given me but I find myself looking more and more forward to seeing old brothers and sisters in Christ again. I need the help of other people. You have always seen to it that I have the right people in my life, but right now I have only my neighbor, Tiffany, Please Lord I need someone who drives and loves you and nature like I do. You know who I need better than I do. 09/08/2024

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08/29/2024

Greetiongs everyone; I'm probably going to post this a few times over the next 12 days until Sept 8, 2024. That will be the 43 anniversary of the accident that completely changed my entire life and gave me the opportunity to know God as my God and Savior.

How long, Lord, How much longer are you going to sustain me in this old- failing body of mine.? What have I left undone, that I need to do before you bring me home to my rest. With my eyes failing, I can barely see the magnificent creatures you’ve created, so I can capture their images with my camera and share them, with all who wish to see, for your Glory. You have already sustained me for forty three years beyond that day when the doctors gave me less than a 10% chance of surviving even one night. And for 43 years I have tried to let nothing stop me from doing what I do to glorify you. I have used up all my strength and all the strength I can get from you I have seen too much death in my life, My biological parents, my foster parents, who will always be mom and dad to me. That entire part of my life is gone, alive only in my memories. How much longer will you keep me going? I love the life you have given me but I find myself looking more and more forward to seeing old brothers and sisters in Christ again. I need the help of other people. You have always seen to it that I have the right people in my life, but right now I have only my neighbor, Tiffany, Please Lord I need someone who drives and loves you and nature like I do. You know who I need better than I do. 09/08/2024

On Saturday morning 7/27/2024 I was exhibiting my photography at the Williams Bay fine art and craft Show. I need to pay more attention to where I am going and not be in such a hurry. I was just going to throw some garbage away and because of the damp grass I couldn't make it up onto the concrete pavilion so I proceeded to go around by way of the fire dept. parking lot. There were two pipe and cement poles sticking up but they were the right distance apart so to me it looked like they were marking the sidewalk. It was nice and level on the parking lot side and like I said I wasn't paying attention, thinking about the show. What I thought was a sidewalk was actually the top of a sewer vault and I went flying off the 12 or thirteen inch drop, flipping forward down to the cement with the 250 pound wheelchair on top of me. Lucky for me, my Lord, my God, and my Savior caught me in the palm of His hand and protected me from any serious harm. So I just badly scraped my knees, feet, right forearm, wrenched my right hip and badly scraped the left side of the forehead. With the force of my crash landing I should have fractured my skull or broken my neck, but again, Lord, you protected me from myself and kept me from any real harm. I have totally lost any interest in cliff diving.

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08/25/2024

Hello everyone; my mind was everywhere today but on the date, August 24, 1982 was the date that I was finally discharged from the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. I went into the hospital on September 8, 1081 after a horrendous motorcycle accident. Though I was given kess than a 10% chance of surviving even one night, for some reason the Lord kept me alive against all odds. I am very thankful for the 43 extra years that He has given me. With the strength I have gotten from Jesus I have seen and done far more since the accident than I ever could or would have done before the accident., when I ws blind to the truth and trapped in a life of sin. Thank you Jesus for your Grace and Mercy.

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04/01/2024

Hello everyone; Went to Burnidge Forest Preserve end of last week and got a few shots of a duck I neversaw before. A breeding plumage Ring-necked duck

12/26/2023

December 25 2023;
What a glorious day to be alive, not just physically, but alive in Christ. On this day in 2003 I did what was the smartest thing I could have done in my life. After living in my blind ignorant state of mind for the first fifty years of my life, I opened my eyes and my heart and asked Jesus Christ to enter into my life as my Lord and Savior. I wish it could have been more storybook like and all of a sudden I just started believing, but it was much harder than that. After being an agnostic the first fifty years of my life, it was very hard to let go of my old ways. I was reading the Bible for the first time of my life. I had started from the beginning and had already read the entire Old Testament and was well into the New Testament. Still being very skeptical about what I was reading. I was in the book of Acts and it was so beautiful, I wanted, so badly, for it to be true but as I said, it was hard to let go of old ways. I was at a small Bible study at a friends house and Andy got right in my face and told me to invite Christ into my life as my personal Lord and Savior. I didn’t feel right about it because I still didn’t really believe, but I wanted to believe. My life was empty, I had no hope of a better life. I was twenty two years out of the hospital and it was just over a year and a half after Sue had gone home to be with Jesus I felt lost and empty with no hope of any kind of future. I was desperate, there had to be more to life than just existing day by day. I broke down and asked Jesus into my life. I don’t know if anything happened but I felt better, knowing in my heart that I had done the right thing. Now after twenty years I’m still learning but because of my traumatic brain injury my emotions are too close to the surface and still somewhat rule my life and decisions, I still have a bad temper, but like I said, I’m learning. One thing I do know is that asking Jesus to be my Lord and Savior was the best and smartest thing I have ever done in my life. I now have hope for an eternity. At first I thought that I would carry Jesus around and call on on Him when I needed Him, but now I know it is much more than that. I have long since given my life to Jesus, He is my life and my way of life. I wish that would mean that I no longer sin or make a mess of my life but I have accepted that no matter how hard I try, I’m still a sinner, but I am forgiven my sins. Now I have to learn to forgive myself, forgive myself but not forget, because if I forget the sin then I will repeat it and I do not want to do it all over, that's not learning from your mistakes. These past 20 years, with Jesus as the focal point of my life have been amazing. With the strength and courage I receive from my Lord I have been able to live a life that I could only dream of before my accident when I was able bodied, but blind and deaf to the Truth

10/08/2022

Praise report:
Tate Publishing released my book on October 31, 2014 so in a few weeks it will be eight years since the release date As Best I can, journeys by wheelchair by the Grace of God. Tate Publishing closed its doors on January 1, 2016. No marketing was ever done by Tate Publishing, with my book. Since I have no knowledge about marketing, I was forced to do the smart thing, and rely on the Lord to touch the hearts of the people the He wants to read my book. I’m sure that most people who write a book hope that it will be a best seller and sell thousands of copies. Well most of the copies that were purchased, were purchased by me to take to the art shows. Of those copies in the almost 8 years, the Lord has sold 413 copies for me. Its not a best seller but if you do the math it’s pretty amazing. Eight years is 416 weeks, so that means the Lord has sold, for me, almost one book a week for eight straight years. I still have about 175 copies left and after that if the Lord puts it on my heart to get it reprinted, I will do so. I think I have finally found all the errors that I missed the first time through, and I have redesigned both the front and back covers. Unfortunately due to the cost of self publishing I will have to print it with black and white photos, instead of color.

10/07/2022

Good morning everyone; It looks like my fb account has been hackedplease do not accept any friend request from David Farber for the time being. have a blessed day and God Bless.

01/02/2016

Happy new years everybody; This year is starting off with a bang. My publisher, Tate Publishing has arranged a book signing event for Sat. Jan 09, 2016 and you are all invited to come by and say hello.

09/05/2015

Greetings everyone;
It's really quite amazing, and hard to imagine that in just days I will be celebrating the 34th anniversary of my accident. 34 years is a long time, but feels even longer if you think of it this way.
Sept. 08, 2015. 12, 418.5 days ago I was given less than a 10% chance of surviving even one night. Can any of you even begin to imagine what it is like to be trapped in a body, broken, and non-functioning unable to live without the help of others every day, pain twenty-four hours a day. I can tell you what it is like. It is really quite amazing. Amazing to know that even in this condition or because of it, the Lord has a purpose for me and He never allows more pain than He knows I can tolerate and function with. Even living like this He has allowed me to Glorify Him in many ways. The pain that I live with is nothing compared to the glory that will come when He calls me to come home. As good as that sounds, I'm in no hurry, I enjoy it here trying to photograph, and share with others the beauty that He created. As long as He keeps putting the right people in my life, people willing to help me to get out there to try and capture nature with my camera. It's funny because, as you can't imagine what it is like to live this way. After thirty four years, I can no longer imagine what it was like to not live this way. As I can no longer imagine what it was like to not be disabled, I can't imagine what it would be like not to live my life for Christ. Why did the Lord keep me alive against all odds? Why has He sustained me for 34 years? How many more days, weeks , months, or years will He keep me going? Of course I have no answers, the doctors have no answers. Only God knows. But until He calls me home I will live my life to the fullest for the Glory of God. David Farber
Soli deo Gloria

08/31/2015

Hey Everybody, I made the front page of today's local news section of the Northwest Herald!!! Check it out and let me know what you think.

After years of riding safely on a motorcycle, the then-28-year-old forgot his helmet that day. A crash in the middle of Route 68 and Hicks Road in Palatine left the now-62-year-old Carpentersville man with the traumatic injuries that resulted in his triplegia.