Bright Living is a family business committed to enriching
the lives of folks who use mobility aids such as wheelchairs, scooters and
walkers. As a wheelchair user I know from personal experience how often a piece of
useful information or a simple product has made my life a little easier and
thus more enjoyable.
In our blog we provide informative posts we hope will simplify your life a little or add some fun. They will include tips you can use as well as descriptions and reviews of products that are available for users of mobility aids.
We will also be developing functional and fashionable mobility accessories we feel will brighten the lives of our customers. These will be designed specifically for mobility users - tailored to our unique circumstances. We will be continually introducing new products and hope to develop some based on suggestions we gather from our customers.
Welcome to our website - we hope we can brighten up your day! Please contact us with any feedback or suggestions you may have.
I became paralyzed from the chest down about 18 years ago
when my back was broken in a serious automobile accident. Following my rehab I was
grateful to be able to return to work as the leader of a hardware / software
development team. During my 30-year hi-tech career I was involved in the
development of a variety of products from PCs to mainframes as well as
Internet-based software applications.
In 2003 I took a hiatus from the high-tech arena and formed a financial planning practice with a good friend. We were successful at growing the practice and initially it was a welcome relief from the hectic pace of product development. But to my surprise, I really began to miss the challenge and excitement of creating products. So in my spare time our son Jason, who is a web developer, and I started to create websites around topics that interested us.
In 2009 my wife Barb and I decided to move from Utah to Connecticut to be closer to Jason and his wife - life is too short to see the ones you love only once or twice a year. As a result I sold my half of the practice and decided to work with Jason full time.
During my time in a wheelchair I have spent a lot of time developing ways to make my life a little easier. Many of these ideas I incorporated into each of the three accessible homes I have designed. Others I have attached to my chair or person to simplify my life while engaged in my passions; cooking and gardening.
Now that I can dedicate full time to the pursuit, I decided to share these ideas online with the hope that more folks can benefit from them. My desire is that the Bright Living website will brighten the day of mobility users by helping make their lives a little easier and more fun.
I have been programming for 15 years and creating online fantasy games and sports communities for the last 8 years. 5 years were spent at ESPN where I worked on every fantasy game they produced. I was also directly responsible for around 40 fantasy games a year, including the draft and manage basketball and baseball games, as well as the NCAA Tournament Challenge game which has over a million users.
I left ESPN as the first employee and co-founder of FanNation.com, a community-based sports website, which was purchased by Sports Illustrated within its first year. I have also produced websites and online platforms for NFL.com and NBC, built the web platform for the United States Olympic Committee, and programmed several social sites for Entertainment Weekly, AOL, and Time Warner.
I now work part-time as a consultant and spend the rest building businesses based on my passions, including cooking, sous vide, and vegetable gardening. I'm also thrilled to be able to help my Dad work on Bright Living, which is a huge passion of his.
At Bright Living we not only focus on improving our customers’ lives but also the lives of our neighbors. All Bright Living products are designed and produced in America.
All orders in the continental United States are shipped for only $5. And all orders over $100 are shipped for free!
