The Contraption
- Post By: Nicole Lemelle
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- Category: Acceptance, chronic illness, Multiple Sclerosis
*“…We simply put out the red carpet for whatever [conditions] are arising in the moment and embrace them as they are…beneath the colorations of our likes and dislikes and our expectations for how things should be but aren’t…” At some […]
Read MoreKarate Kid
- Post By: Nicole Lemelle
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- Category: Acceptance, chronic illness, Wheelchair
It’s amazing how life unfolds. Look away and it can become something you never would have imagined. My nephew is 8. I have been preoccupied with him knowing I wasn’t always in a wheelchair. Stupid. I know. Anyway, what if […]
Read MoreFlaky Layers
- Post By: Nicole Lemelle
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- Category: Acceptance, Handicap Stalls, intro, Sadness
I fell into panic mode shortly after I went to see my mental therapist. If, you remember, she mentioned my passionate quest for independence (AKA hand controls) was possibly a manifestation of denial of MS. In other words, after 11 […]
Read MorePOV
- Post By: Nicole Lemelle
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- Category: Acceptance, intro, Multiple Sclerosis, New Orleans
I leave there feeling grateful to be who I am, like I am, because things can truly be worse, with this progressive disease things can really get worse, MAYBE. I have to live with this huge maybe. I’ve said before, it’s my cross to bear.
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