Life after disability: can it be a new kind of wholeness?

October 7, 2025
We’re not always prepared for the ways life shifts. One day, we move through the world as we always have—walking with ease, using our hands without thinking, seeing clearly. And then something happens. An accident, a diagnosis, a progression of aging. Suddenly, the body becomes unfamiliar...

Ironies

March 12, 2009
I have a big high school class reunion coming up. I'm not interested in attending, but I would love the update book on who's doing what. (By the way, we had only two...

3 Fat Ones

March 12, 2009
As in $3 million book advance for Capt. Sully.I'm not sure how I feel about this. Publishers are always quick to jump on the latest hero with a huge book contract....

Wearin’ o’ the green

March 12, 2009
Never too soon to get ready for a trip--half the fun is in preparing!I've started to pack for Savannah, but my travel wardrobe is missing the essential green. I've...

Equal opportunity post

March 11, 2009
Especially their...

Wild dinner

March 11, 2009
I'm not sure Donatello's has had a party for dinner that had such loud and passionate political discussions as happened last night when my brother, my 18-year-old...

Conversation with Trainer

March 10, 2009
Him: What do you feel like today.Me: Upper body. But I'm tired.Him: Why are you tired?Me: I don't knowHim: How's your water? Sometimes dehyrdation makes you feel...

Kinder, gentler work

March 10, 2009
I just had a call from someone I met in Nashville on our first real "business trip" for the new business.. He was looking for my partner, but recognized my voice and we...

It’s this kind of thinking….

March 10, 2009
....that gets us in...

Princess

March 10, 2009
Being a princess is not such a bad thing. It looks pretty good, actually. Work is sometimes over-rated. It would be nice to have servants. I've always thought I'd be a...

A Lesson Some of Us Need to Learn

March 10, 2009
Quality is so much more important than quantity. Oh, that I would've been able to act on that fact sooner. But, hey, better late than never! Here's hoping that young...

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