Month: June 2016

Hubby pushed the cart as I carefully wheeled my wheelchair back to the handicap slots in the parking lot. We stopped at the end of the sidewalk and stared across at our sedan. Someone had parked in the striped area beside the door I needed to open to transfer from the wheelchair. The van occupied…

Nothing like a couple broken limbs to change my perspective on life. I used to be rather tall. From the wheelchair, my shoulder barely rises above the kitchen counters. I suddenly understand the short person’s and wheelchair person’s dilemma. Everything is too high. I can just see over the edge of the frying pan to…

Once again the rapid read and respond time of the Internet prove how few individuals take the time to explore an issue before posting their opinion on the matter. This week it was the killing of a silver back gorilla at the Cincinnati Zoo after a preschooler ignored his mother’s “No, he could not swim…

Happiness is contagious. Just ask Candace Payne, now known as Chewbacca Mom. She gained the name after she posted a video of herself laughing infectiously behind a Chewbacca mask that makes Wookiee sounds like the Star Wars character. Payne found the mask at a department store, picked it up and accidentally triggered the whining call…