Category Archives: Fun Things
Making New Year’s resolutions? First, Do This!
“Always bear in mind that your own resolution to succeed is more important than any other.” –Abraham Lincoln We all want to succeed, although our definition of success has likely changed since our battles began. But, before we can make plans for 2018, we need to look back at 2017. What was it like? Any […]
Continue readingChristmas Is Coming Fast! Can You Help Your Friend?
Christmas season. Guests … parties … programs … gifts. Busyness. If you as a healthy person feel the time pressure, can you imagine how your invisibly disabled friends feel? Christmas and invisibly disabled people make a difficult combination. The encouragement of being helped At a very low time in my life — extreme fatigue and […]
Continue readingGiving thanks — me? You have to be kidding!
An invisibly disabled Thanksgiving can be a challenging project! Is your life rotten right now? Really rotten? Or maybe this is a good patch right now? Did you know that if you look hard enough, you can find SOME thing to be thankful for? I’m going through one of those awful times right now. Well, […]
Continue readingThanksgiving – With a Little Help
Creating a Thanksgiving invisibly disabled people can participate in and enjoy takes advance planning and some imagination and even ingenuity.Sometimes, it’s hard for a person to be thankful when he’s hurting or she’s sidelined. Or maybe he’s just received an unwanted diagnosis. Perhaps she’s going through a time of exacerbation.Here are some ideas for you […]
Continue readingOn Vacation, Part 2
Enjoying family, nature and life My apologies again for not posting a full post this time. As I shared in my last post, we’re celebrating our 50th anniversary this summer in 3-parts . Part 1 is past: A Celebration of Memories with our family and friends. Part 2 is also past: Camping in Yellowstone with […]
Continue readingOn Vacation
Why this isn’t a full post My apologies for not having a full post this time and again two weeks from now. This summer is a 3-part celebration of our 50th anniversary. Part 1 is past: it was a Celebration of Memories with our family and friends. My post, “The Dentist Got Me,” details how […]
Continue readingSeason’s Greetings For All
December 25, 2015 Christmas A special time To commemorate Christ’s birth Christmas A special time To celebrate With family and friends The sad truth is, though, that Christmas is not a happy time for too many people. There is Loneliness Grief Poverty Pain If that is true for you this year, I pray that […]
Continue readingThanksgiving: A Time to Rejoice — or Cry?
I trust you all had a happy and fulfilling Thanksgiving. We had family here and enjoyed them all. At times, though, I wasn’t really sure whether to rejoice or cry! Rejoicing in all my blessings, especially my family – or crying because my plans fell through. I “cooked” a full meal. Well, actually I haven’t […]
Continue readingScooters in the Park
Guest post by John Reader of The Trucking Monk Imagine going to the park for the whole day and actually enjoying it. “No,” you say? “It would hurt too much” or “I’d be afraid to even try”. I understand. That’s the way my wife and I felt last year as we were planning a vacation […]
Continue readingConnected Carole’s Experience Camping As A Disabled Person
Dedicated to Jenni, a friend who requested camping info While camping as a disabled person, Carole sits in her wheelchair glimpsing the Pacific through the gnarled, windswept trees wishing she could join her family walking to the end of the trail. It was a warm, summer day as they visited Cape Flattery, the northwestern-most tip […]
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