What does it feel like… To rise from the bed and stretch without someone lifting your body or moving your arms for you… To open the front door and go for a run or bike ride with thoughts of no one else… To hop in your car and go somewhere by yourself...
Ten years ago I moved. From one small town to another. From a place I called home for 4 years to the place that is my home once again. Ten years ago I woke up in a dorm. It was my favorite one on campus and the building is no more. They knocked it down a year or so...
I watched our kids playing duck duck goose outside and running around. I couldn’t fully participate, but I held things for people. One boy gave me his toy to keep safe. But part of me wanted to do more than smile, laugh, and cheer on everyone else. I wanted to...
Last week we started this series by asking and answering the question: “What is normal?” My normal is this — I am limited. And I need help. All the time. The list is rather long if I were to name everything, but here is a sampling of tasks I...
I started to define normal for you the other day. But I didn’t mention that our normals can change. A lot. Just think about life. Normal changes with every single life stage…from childhood to adulthood. And how we define normal can continue to evolve....