Surreal Moments

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

The following is an excerpt from my personal journal: Sometimes, I have these moments of surreality. Where everything that is real feels like it isn’t and everything that isn’t real …

Role Switch

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

Sometimes things happen that we never expect and then we just have to deal with them. We must step up to the plate and do what is required of us, …

Second Chance

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

I don’t know anyone who enjoys being wrong. Being wrong shows weakness, vulnerability. It shows that, even if it’s just for one moment, we’re not as good as we thought …

Judge Me Not!

In Everyone has one, Opinion by Laura Stinson

Dating is hard. It doesn’t matter if you’re man, woman, black, white, purple or green. It’s just hard. Then, there are other factors that can make it even harder. Does …

Gotta Have Faith

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

I know a lot of people might have a hard time believing that I have faith. Frankly, it took me a while to figure it out, too—22 years in fact. …

My Body My Mirror

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

I’m not sure who invented mirrors. I have no idea who thought it was such a marvelous idea that, each day, I be subjected to a reflection of myself … …

Freedom to Choose

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

It doesn’t really matter who you are: dating is hard. Really, really hard. First, you have to meet someone. Once you finally find a person, you have to get him …

How Lazy Are They?

In Columns, Life With Laura by Laura Stinson

How lazy are people? I mean, really, how lazy are they? When people see those crossed out portions of parking lot between parking spots reserved for the disabled, what do …

Wheelchair Wrongs

In Everyone has one, Features, Opinion by Laura Stinson

Being in a wheelchair is not easy. There are obstacles to contend with, among them, other people who do not understand what it means to be disabled. Those people who …