Posts tagged with: disability

Harsh realities… Life brings it

I continue to try to focus on gratefulness. I continue to try to force myself to focus on the long-term game. Not this week. Not this month. Hell, not even... Read More

I am

I am squirming inside of this human flesh suit that is so broken. I am stuck inside of my head where I cannot stop obsessing about these strange symptoms and... Read More

More like while I was out

Wow. It’s been a long time. I don’t think I’ve ever not written words for this blog or even just for myself for this long before. I wish I could... Read More

And here we are: crisis mode

It’s been a good long time since I’ve felt like my typically quasi-functional MS self. I think that’s been obvious by my unwillingness to write about it. I mean, when... Read More

Mary Jo: The Third in a Series

I have to be honest. When I started this series about the surprising and wonderful people that have come into my life as a result of having multiple sclerosis, most... Read More

Idris Elba: The Second in a Series

No. I do not own the rights to this photo of the one and only Idris Elba so I am fully prepared for the copyright police to come after me... Read More

Alicia: The first in a series

Perhaps you’ve noticed a certain lack of words coming from these pages as of late. Maybe you haven’t and you’re also sick and tired of reading about how tired I... Read More

The things we don’t talk about (Volume 2)

Back in 2017, before my MS went into hyper-speed mode, I shared what I thought at the time was a very open and vulnerable post about some of the body... Read More

You in danger girl

Do you remember this epic scene from Ghost when Whoopi tells Demi Moore’s character Molly how she was in danger from specters from the great beyond? Better yet do you... Read More

The Value of a Life Inside

I don’t think there is a MS-related concept that has troubled me more than the notion that since becoming a full-time wheelchair user I have become what some would consider... Read More