Between Grief and Nothing is a personal narrative of the popular, high-spirited boy who was only days away from realizing every dream he had consumed for seventeen years, seven months, and almost eleven days. Wade Stinson dreamed a life of relentless happiness provided with everything that he wanted, but his most pervasive dream was to be a naval aviator.

 

With his great passion and burning desire to begin a new journey towards that dream, he counted the days with excitement until everything was about to happen. But he didn’t know that before anything he dreamed of would happen, fate had something else for him. One day, while swimming at the river with friends, he simply dived into a river he had plunged into countless times. Then, he heard a loud crack and thought he probably broke his neck. The next thing he knew, he could not move his body from the neck down—he was paralyzed. Would he be able to recover from being a quadriplegic and realize his dream of becoming a naval aviator?

 

In Between Grief and Nothing, Stinson relates his lineage and honestly shares his youthful adventures, sexual escapades and fantasies, and the greatness of his dreams. Most of all, he expresses his grief, brokenness, and struggles following that tragic event that brought him to his condition. He frankly imparts the drama of his life, the joy of love, the pain of broken relationships, and his journey with God to a new life.