“Come home tomorrow! We’re going to get 6-9 inches and we can play in the snow. I need a snow buddy. It will be fun!” My mom was on the phone with one of my brothers. She relayed my message to him. As I spoke the spontaneous idea out loud, I felt my...
There is JOY in being connected to family and friends during the Christmas season. There is PEACE in the presence of people who consistently show up in your life. I started December with a goal in mind — BE with family and friends. Enjoy those who are an active...
It wasn’t the first time I had fallen. I was as used to falling as I could be. We practiced falling in physical therapy with the cushiony mats and I tried to tuck in my head or my arms to minimize injury. But one never really gets better at the suddenness of a...
If you asked me, “What’s it like to be different?” or “When did you know you were different?”…I might respond in one of three ways: “I’m not different. I’ve never seen myself as different.” (I shared more on...
Caregiving isn’t just about me asking someone to help me with a specific task and then we do it. That is part of it and that is how caregiving begins. But caregiving done well goes further. At the end of June, I wrote about the controversial book, Me Before You....