A year ago, Scott Wilson’s life was running out of time.
End-stage liver disease. A terminal diagnosis. Two children to raise alone after becoming a widower seven years prior. Every day was an act of sheer will.
Then, on January 13, 2025, the call came. A liver transplant was available.
Scott didn’t just survive. He came out the other side with a mission — to use his story to drive organ and tissue donation awareness across Canada.
He joined the Transplant Advocate Association and became a UHN Foundation Ambassador. Got featured in national media. Went to City Hall to push for April to be recognized as Organ Donor Month in Ontario. And joined a panel working to bring a life-saving organ preservation technology to Canada, one already standard practice in Spain and the UK.
There’s nothing online quite like what I’m building — it’s my perspective, my experience, my voice.
Why WordPress.com
With everything Scott was doing, he needed a home base. A place to document the journey, share his story, and build a platform that could grow into something bigger.
He did his research before choosing a platform. Read consumer reports, went through reviews, and landed on WordPress.com.
Once he was in, he opted for the Website Design Service — a team of experts who build the site for you. Scott had the story, the voice, and the content. The team turned it into a site that actually reflected all of it.
What I appreciate about WordPress is its ability to take everything that I said and mash it up into a saleable product. Who’s going to buy into it? Who’s going to come to it? That’s what I look at.
The site went live without the usual back-and-forth. No glitches, no delays. Scott was surprised by how smooth it was.
It was a leap of faith. But it was a good leap.
What the website does today
jamesscottwilson.ca is Scott’s platform and his archive. A place to document the journey from the inside out — the recovery, the advocacy, the single parenting, the faith, and the parts nobody talks about.
He’s also using it as a launchpad for a future book and podcast.
It’s a blog, a launching off point for writing ideas. Inspiration for a future book and podcast material.
The site will keep evolving. Scott is the first to say that. But that’s the point.
It’s a fluid, living document. Everything new — new life, new liver, new student. I am living proof that anything can change.
Your story deserves a home, too
Scott’s story is unlike anyone else’s. His website is where he gets to tell it on his own terms.
WordPress.com’s Website Design Service paired him with a team that took his content, his voice, and his vision and turned it into a site ready to go.
He focuses on his mission. The platform handles the rest.
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Scott’s story certainly is inspirational. I’m so glad he found WP to help get his message out to a wide audience!
That’s great news for Scott, both the liver transplant and his website to help spread the word about his mission. He needed a break in his life after losing his wife and with only his two children as the bright spots in his life. I am a Canadian citizen, but have lived in the U.S. since 1966. I have had a notation on my driver’s license to be an organ donor since 2011 and a high school friend of mine became the recipient of a heart many years ago.
That is inspiring.
Moving from strength to strength, one day at a time!
I’m happy for Mr. Wilson.