I Want to be Engaged…
I wish I could take credit for the concept, but I can’t. A few weeks ago I was reading a blog post that had gone viral, and the sentiment settled close to my heart. In January of 2016, Corinne Rogero wrote a post on her blog, Duly Noted, called “I Should Be Engaged.”...
Making Changes…
Jim Rohn said, "Your life does not get better by chance, it gets better by change." It all started with almond milk. I had been to my doctor and told her I was feeling punk. After explaining a few of my symptoms, she suggested I cut down on my dairy consumption to see...
It’s the Shoes…
It's becoming a habit every summer. One that I could get used to. My friend Dale, who is a teacher and a coach by trade, comes up to Lawrence for three days a week, several weeks in a row, and he works as my caregiver. The arrangement came about last year. I was short...
Me Beside You. That’s Better…
I have to admit I haven't read the book. The movie won't be out for about a week yet. All I have done is watch the trailer, and I can already tell I won't like the story. Me Before You is a movie about a man with a disability who falls in love with his caregiver. Oh,...
Good Job!
I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do. Edward Everett Hale I often tell people that I have the best job in the world. The column that I write...
Camaraderie at its Finest!
All of my adult life I have tried to embrace diversity, and encouraged others to do the same. The logic goes like this. If one of my purposes in life is to break down barriers between people with disabilities and those without disabilities, then accepting differences...
Stay With Me
It's a complicated issue. Stay with me. I have made no secret on this blog about the fact that I have a psychiatric disability as well as a physical one, and I am willing to talk about it as much as I can because I get really tired of the stigma around mental illness...
Hands Down!
For me, the decision to attend graduate school was not a difficult one. The university where I had gotten my Bachelor's degree had a Master's program that had my name written all over it. Rehabilitation Counseling. The field of study was similar to social work, and...
The Parking Just Rocks…
January of 1987 brought lots of changes in my life. I started college in Kansas, far away from everything familiar at the time, and it definitely took some doing to adjust to my new life. Not only was I living on my own, so to speak, without the safety net of my...
Try Kissing Your Elbow…
There are some things in life that are simply impossible. Kissing your elbow. Raising only one eyebrow. Sneezing with your eyes open. Try any of them, I double dog dare you. Chances are you will discover they cannot be done. If I may, I would like to add...