Can pain and the future ever go together?
My children finished school for the year today. Professor X has to solo parent until I am done next week. What will that mean? Today’s post is taken directly from Professor X’s status update a…
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My children finished school for the year today. Professor X has to solo parent until I am done next week. What will that mean? Today’s post is taken directly from Professor X’s status update a…
Professor X is the best Valentine. On one of our first Valentine’s he purchased me a Christmas CD. Today he purchased a song for me that I told him about the other day. A break-up…
Last Saturday, a 10 year old former student of mine suddenly passed away. I attended his funeral today. Last Saturday, the body of a very local girl exactly Marvel Girl’s age was found after she…
As much as I’d love to create a sappy, woe-is-me post, I’ve decided to stick my chin up, put on a fake smile, and throw glitter obnoxiously around until everything looks pretty. Cuz I really…
This is the device that may (or may not) help my husband’s pain. This is an electrode, inserted into his spine part of the device, that may (or may not) help my husband’s pain. These…
Here’s the situation. There are far too many people with handicapped stickers. Or maybe there are just not enough handicapped spots. Or maybe it’s all of the above. Consider a trip to Costco and the…
I made a decision this year to really reveal Professor X’s physical disability to friends/family near and far. Although we’ve made reference to his chronic pain on Facebook posts and previous Christmas cards, we’ve never…
I married a brilliant man. Seriously. Not to brag on him or anything ( okay, yes to brag on him )… He has an Ivy League degree in bio-physics. After working in a lab, he…
After many of The Flash’s classmates chaotically pushed Professor X around the playground, one exclaimed, “I wish my dad had a wheelchair!” In this gorgeous illustration: The Flash, myself, and Professor X (in his wheelchair)…
There is so little that I can do. I can’t eliminate Professor X’s excruciating and constant pain. I can’t change my students’ cognitive abilities, economic status, or family life. I can’t be the best Speech…
New wheels should bring excitement Victory! To be free! A timely rite of passage Trikes, Bikes, Jeep Cherokee. Our new wheels reflect sorrow Reminders of life’s woe. Craigslist reluctant shopping They didn’t cost much dough….
Being married is a lot of work. Especially as time passes, life happens, and communication wanes. Kids add beaucoup stress to a marriage (although possibly not as much as wanting kids does). And sudden disability?…
Every Super Hero family has its thorn(s) in the side. For us, it is my husband’s chronic pain, in multiple body areas. The pain affects his ability to think, sleep, remember, and walk. The former…
If you give an academic some free time… He’s going to want to take a grad class. And when he can’t find a job, He just might take another class. When he discovers that ancient…