conscious necessary for two days. when he finally does, his team leader is hovering over him. i asked him what happened, what happened to jose. he said jose got killed. i mean i didn t know what to say. and then right after that, he told me that i lost both my legs. i thought it was a bad dream. i just wanted to go back to sleep. but only eight days after the tragic accident and still heavily medicated, dana demands to go to jose s funeral to pay tribute to his fallen comrade. that was the start of my recovery, to get out of bed and to start driving on. and dana does drive on. though he is told there is no future for him in the army after the accident, he is determined to return. at the walter reed army hospital he endures a punishing
so let s begin this morning with family. where else? we want to start by welcoming part of our tv family, carmen wong-ulrich the author of upcoming book the real cost of living. and wendy walsh is a psychologist and blogger. sarah, spending this time with your family can be extraordinarily stressful before you walk out the door. not my family, of course. but when you walk out the door, you ve got to be ready. you ve got to be ready. think about this, right? before you sit down for your lunch or dinner, think about what s going to make you annoyed. we all regret when it comes to the holidays, you become who we are when we re kids. you can t control people s behavior, but you can control how you react. i know so-and-so s going to do this, don t be surprised by it, roll with the punches. my dad always says fido,