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The Contraption

*“…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 […]

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Karate Kid

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 […]

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Flaky Layers

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 […]

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POV

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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