“Those less fortunate.” This is a phrase that I think I first heard as a small child being explained the meaning of Boxing Day. I was told that Boxing Day was created so that people could box up old stuff, having got new stuff at Christmas, for the poor. The poor would be delighted to […]
First we had a problem. Then we had an idea. The problem was with Santa, or more precisely with his signature. The girls are of a suspecting age and Santa is discussed as a possibility and as a, maybe not. We all think that kids should be kids as long as they can be because […]
I went into the pharmacy on the ground level of the building that houses my doctor’s office. I wanted to get some nose spray for the way home. It’s a small store and I was unable to get in because a really big service dog came over to sniff at my chair. He was a […]
My 65th birthday taught me something, or maybe it’s better to say, it caused me to focus on something that has always been just slightly out of my view. I’m still working out the implications for my work and for my life. Yeah, it was kind of big for me. Let me tell you what […]
Sometimes having a disability isn’t the primary diagnosis in regards to my mobility, my energy level, or my ability to get things done. Sometimes disability is a very, very distant second. Sometimes the primary reason I can’t do what I normally do is because I have a cold, a really bad cold. That’s what’s been […]
The Christmas pantomime has become a tradition for us and we were looking forward to it. Because it’s nearly the holidays, I got sick, of course. It’s my second cold this season. Fa La La-cough cough cough. I decided the night before that I was going, cold or not. In the morning the whole thing […]
“Who design’s this shit anyway,” he said angrily as I asked him to move so I could get through the passageway from the restroom and into the restaurant area. I was taken aback because he had been nice and accommodating when I’d asked him going in. He had to know I’d be coming back. He […]
I was harshly criticized recently for publishing something on my Facebook page that someone else thought was ‘inspiration porn’. I admit that when I posted it, I saw that it could be taken that way, but there was something about the intense dignity of the child, who was the subject of the video, that I […]
We arrived at the school with Ruby and Sadie in tow. We wanted to be there early so we could get the disabled parking and I could get inside before people started streaming in. The kids needed to be there early too, so we picked them up and they rode with us. Ruby and Sadie […]
Well, it’s official, working out does not help when your tires spin uselessly no matter how hard you push. I found it really frustrating to be stranded midway down the driveway between the car and the house. I had forgotten to put on my hat and I’m sure steam was rising off my head as […]
