Mar 31, 2021 | can do, Independence, loneliness |
The significance of what was happening in March 2020 didn’t really hit me until one evening when one of my caregivers was stretching me out before bed. He read a text aloud that he had gotten from the University of Kansas. “Because of the Covid-19 pandemic, classes...
May 31, 2020 | Accessibility, Accommodations, changing perspectives, loneliness |
In the last few months, as stay at home orders were issued in order to slow the spread of the Coronavirus, all kinds of people in the world have had to deal with a new normal. A friend of mine was telling me the other day about the challenges that she and her family...
Apr 30, 2020 | caregivers, compassion, Depression, loneliness |
The significance of what was happening didn’t really hit me until one of my caregivers got an email. He was here working a shift for me and he and I were going through my night routine one evening over Spring Break. He had been working a whole lot of hours...
Feb 13, 2018 | Disabilitiy, Friends, loneliness, Love, Romance, Wheelchair |
Happy Valentine’s Day Eve. Or as I like to call it, Single’s Awareness Day. It used to be that I was among the cynical about this holiday, thinking like so many others that it was an occasion invented by Hallmark cards, Hershey’s chocolate and every...
Jun 22, 2016 | Engaged, Freedom, Friends, how to help, inclusion, loneliness |
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.”...
Feb 3, 2016 | Accommodations, can do, caregivers, Facing a fear, loneliness, overcoming challenges, Triumph |
Today I did something unexpected. I faced one of my biggest fears. James, a former caregiver who is filling in because I am so shorthanded right now, had to be out of town, and Samantha, another former caregiver helping me out, has been sidelined with sickness for a...
