Life is such an odd thing. Right now, on several different fronts, I’m going through a really tough time. As such when we drove to Saint Jacobs on Thursday night for a fundraiser for Choices in Fort McMurray on Friday in Kitchener, I felt very little like traveling, staying in a hotel, or getting up […]
I don’t get tired of it. I’ve had the power chair for many years now and I don’t get tired of the independence it gives me, the way it allows me to make a contribution to my life with Joe. We had arrived home and were expecting company in just under an hour. I had […]
Joe pulled into the parking spot and I climbed out of the car as he unloaded the wheelchair. He had to gather some stuff in a bag so I headed on to the nearest mall door. Being able to push up a slight slope over a bit of distance has really freed me to get […]
At our beach picnic on Saturday, we had some issues with accessibility. All of which I kept my mouth shut about. We were out with Ruby and Sadie and they know well enough about access and access issues, sometimes I want it to be just fun. The problem we had was that the benches alongside […]
We were having an amazing day. We’d been the the beach and had a picnic. As always we brought both chairs, the power chair and the manual, which was used to haul stuff and to give me seating options. When we arrived there wasn’t a picnic table available we pulled up to a bench, I […]
“Do you have diabetes?” As a question from a stranger, it’s way too personal. But as it was a conversation that I just fell into and as we were both talking about general health and well being, it didn’t seem out of place, or out of context, so I answered that I did indeed have […]
To you, maybe it’s a ramp, to me it was Mount Everest. All the disabled parking was taken. There were virtually no other cars in the parking lot, but the 10 disabled bays were jam packed full. So Joe let me off at the front of the building and went to park further away. I […]
Just how alien am I? Was I hatched, detached? On Sunday we went to the museum with Ruby and Sadie to see the Chihuly exhibit, which was astonishing. To hear children gasp at the sight of something incredibly beautiful and fantastical and then watch their imaginations burst on fire is part of why we try […]
Why is growth so painful? I thought by now, I’d be at the point of my life where there’s be a kind of ‘grizzled wisdom’ that comes with age. Where I’d be letting pearls of enlightenment fall from my lips. Where I’d smile knowingly at those younger than myself and gently guide them along. Well. […]
“We need a green pepper,” Joe said as we headed home. We agreed that he’d run into the little local grocery store across the street from where we live. I can go in there but I never do, it’s just accessible enough to be called accessible but the size of the store makes it such […]
