Tag Archives: Disability

Food Stamp Recertification – Not Going to Make It

I had my Food Stamp recertification interview on April 4th.  As much information and hours of work it took to get everything together, it wasn’t good enough.  It figures, Social Services will pick apart anything in order to shut down … Continue reading

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You Know You Want to Look!

One of my past posts was entitled Longing to Fit In, in which I wrote that I longed to be in the “healthy mom/people” crowd.  (Which you can pretty much figure out on your own, but if you chose to … Continue reading

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Maxed Out

What we have worried about for so many months has finally happened.  Grant and I s’ three largest credit cards are all maxed out, leaving us with department store cards and some smaller cards they give to people with bad … Continue reading

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A Letter to My Future Teenage Son

Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt #4:  A Letter to Your Future Teen Dear Tyler: I know that this is going to be a hard letter to write and at the end I will probably be bawling my eyes out. … Continue reading

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I Always Feel Left Out

Inspired by Mama Kat’s Writer’s Workshop. Prompt 3.)  Describe a time when you felt left out. When you suffer from chronic illness and pain, there are a lot of celebrations that either you can no longer attend, or, if you force … Continue reading

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January 20th is The International Day of Acceptance

I am letting you know about The International Day of Acceptance early in case people would like to blog or tweet about it.  I will also blog about it on that day. As people with disabilities we have rights, opinions, … Continue reading

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