I had another idea for a blog post today, but this one became necessary. When I turned on my phone this morning, I had a text from a number not in my contacts. It was a notification from telegram. I don’t have a telegram account and didn’t even know what it was until I researched.
Author: gapb83
I live and do my best to thrive with spastic CP. Spastic CP simply means there is too much muscle tone in my body. Putting it even simpler my muscles get tight. Sometimes, it is painful. It is frustrating. Tightened muscles make movement difficult. Yes, for as much as I try to be upbeat and
The last two years have been difficult for everybody. Life outside of my work on this blog has been difficult pretty much since I pushed launch. The last few days have been no different. I’m very aware that most of you would never know such information until I said it. Two questions seem to need
This post is an e-mail list update. Planning for the first mail to go out tomorrow, I went to the post office to pay for my PO box and get the keys to my box. What I got instead was confusion. I had gotten a paper copy of the form to apply the last time
With the holidays starting next week, I’m sure scammers will be even more aggressive and annoying than usual. The question becomes what you can do about scammers once you’re their target. I wanted to find out. The information is just for my readers in the United States. For my international readers I suggest searching Google
On Monday afternoon I received my Covid-19 booster shot. I’m very thankful and relieved to have it. I consulted with my doctor before getting the first vaccine. Knowing his thoughts were important to me. I take every aspect of my health care seriously and am my own advocate. He and I determined that I’m high
The last couple of months have been stressful in my life outside of blogging. I started to feel the impact of the stress towards the end of last week. Sleep became difficult. Spending a lot of staring at the ceiling thinking about what I didn’t do that day and/or what I need to do the
A friend and I were having a conversation on Friday night. Asking for my perspective on the way we interact as people in the age of social media, I started asking him questions to understand what he was asking. As we kept talking, he told me he’d be interested in reading my take in a
Having a tough last several weeks and still having tough stuff to face with my family got me thinking about joy. How to find it in tough times specifically. Finding joy is easy when life is going great, but when it’s not joy feels gone often. As a follower of Christ, the Bible says in
A few days ago, I had a tough day. The perception is often I don’t have them. Nothing could be further from the truth. This day I was having trouble processing where I am in my life in terms of society’s standards. Reaching out to my oldest girlfriend, who is now my chosen sister, telling