This month, I want to talk about three words: forgiveness, serenity, and gratitude. They come around quite often. I first started paying attention to them fifteen years ago, when I …
Purple Heart
I’ve recently taken up a new hobby – wheelchair basketball. One day not long ago I was down at the gym with a few friends, shooting some hoops for fun. …
Rafael, Rafael, Where Are You, Rafael?
Many of our female readers wonder about the able bodied man as if he were a species all his own. Actually, many female readers with disabilities want to know how …
Laura: The Writer
I’m not interested in being Laura Stinson, disabled writer. No, I just want to be Laura Stinson, writer. I hate the idea of being identified by my disability, with my …
Friends and Enemies
“I’ve learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. ach department phone If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more …
June Jottings
I was just looking at the sky. Thunderheads are climbing off the Cascade Mountains, over to the west. The clouds are as white as fresh snow and the sky is …
Trading Spaces
“You’re really good at that.” “You’re so lucky.” “I bet that’s fun.” “I wish I had one of those.” If I was being politically correct, I would chalk it up …
Crossroads In My Life
I’m at a crossroads in my life. I love working with children, they are so full of possibility and wonder. So it makes sense that I would naturally want to …
Paths Taken
Life goes on. Jobs are scattered across my desk, piled on top of the monitor, stuffed into bookcases. Someday, like the cliché, I’ve got to get organized. One task I …