Tag Archives: sclerosis

The Sentence

Posted on March 14, 2017 by

When I hear about someone being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS), I feel sad – sad as I do for anyone who has received any diagnosis; but also sad because I personally remember and understand the impact of hearing the … Continue reading →

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Folding

Posted on November 29, 2016 by

We fold laundry when it’s clean. We fold napkins on the table.  We fold paper to fit in envelopes or to make shapes in origami. There are a multitude of things we fold. If we are working, exercising or doing yoga … Continue reading →

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Back Door Friends

Posted on September 20, 2016 by

In the old neighborhood when I was growing up, we had back door friends.  The front door was more formal and used by those who didn’t know us well – solicitors, businessmen, and acquaintances.  But then there were back door friends … Continue reading →

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Botoxology 101

Posted on June 17, 2015 by

There’s no mistaking that I have wrinkles in my forehand, laugh lines at the corners of my eyes and around my mouth, but they are the least of my worries in this temporary shell of a body I live in … Continue reading →

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Broken Record

Posted on April 29, 2015 by

I wonder if young people understand what the expression “broken record” means.  Or maybe they do as I hear there is a new interest in them, and they have been dubbed ” vinyls” by the younger crowd.  A quick explanation in case you … Continue reading →

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Collateral Damage

Posted on April 3, 2015 by

It’s useless to try to make sense of something like multiple sclerosis.  Nobody knows its cause, when or how it might attack, the speed at which it will progress, and certainly not how to cure it.  We do know what it does … Continue reading →

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Beware the Chair

Posted on March 24, 2015 by

There are commercials on television, especially during midafternoon hours, that show smiling people floating around on level sidewalks in flat parks on beautiful weather days on wheelchairs that look like fun and fit them perfectly while children lovingly prance around them and … Continue reading →

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Rocky Mountain High?

Posted on March 20, 2015 by

John Denver wrote and sang a song called Rocky Mountain High.  When it topped the charts in 1973, I was just starting high school.  I saw the meaning of the title and lyrics as they were meant, describing a feeling derived … Continue reading →

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It’s Like A Drug-Part 3 of Adventuring

Posted on March 7, 2015 by

It demands my presence. When I am away front of it, it calls my name. It screams for attention. It consumes my time. It’s addictive.  Like a magician and his swinging watch, it has a hypnotic power over me. This box in front of me.  The … Continue reading →

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Adventuring – Part 1, Out and About

Posted on February 25, 2015 by

While I rarely leave the comfort of my home during this time of year, we just spent a long weekend traveling out of state.  It took six hours to reach our destination.  Traveling for us is broken down into required planned stops, and … Continue reading →

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