Tag: essay
member name: Synchronicity W.
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October 11, 2006 02:10 PM EDT --
Do you ever feel memories in your hands?
I do. I was thinking today about how certain hand movements bring back the past for me. Whenever I throw anything whether it be a frisbee or even paper . . .
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June 18, 2007 04:05 PM EDT --
Do you ever take a little break from life?
I did. I kinda had to. It didn't seem much like an option. It was more like I needed a break from communication. I wanted stillness . . .
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June 29, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
I went to my Gather mailbox today and found the usual mass e-mailings inviting me to look at articles and images and participating in contests. But then to my surprise I saw a letter . . .
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July 05, 2007 07:20 PM EDT --
Remember the mean kids at school who would put a tack on your chair or trip you and say..."Have a nice fall!"? Well, my Multiple Sclerosis is one of the meanest kids on the block.
I was . . .
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June 03, 2007 08:17 AM EDT --
A few notes before I begin. I think I will take the suggestion given to me and create a group just for this diary so folks will know where to find it. And I promise to write about more than . . .
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September 06, 2007 03:38 PM EDT --
I’m feeling a bit sad today. It has been awhile since I have felt blue like this. The break I have had from melancholy is quite remarkable for me. I am thankful for the respite from my depression. . . .
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May 02, 2007 02:59 PM EDT --
I just checked out a book from the library about what to do with the second half of your life. I got it out half heartedly thinking that I would just merely browse through it just in case in time . . .
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July 17, 2007 02:05 PM EDT --
emotions seem like stunt doubles. okay...emotion needed here. bring in the adrenaline. should we go for fear or anger this time? how about tears? no let's try inappropriate laughter instead. . . .
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September 09, 2007 10:35 AM EDT --
It is time for me to begin talking about these synchronicities of mine. Or you can call them whatever you like. My personal meaning of "synchronicity" is that it is a meaningful coincidence. . . .
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June 19, 2007 06:24 PM EDT --
They say everything happens for a reason. I am inclined to believe that. Or maybe it is just that I want to believe that. Believing, even if it is an illusion, is preferable to not believing in anything . . .
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January 30, 2007 06:54 PM EST --
Joe was my client, as we called the folk who had disabilities at the developmental day program where I worked Joe was a short little guy, no taller than myself, very sprightly, and almost . . .
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December 01, 2007 10:07 AM EST --
I don't know if any of you watch Desperate Housewives. It is one of my guilty pleasures. If you haven't been keeping up or have no idea about the show there is a character named Lynette who has . . .
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January 11, 2007 06:39 PM EST --
Klepto Nana
When I was a teen I was dating a boy named Eric. Eric had a most colorful family to say the least. His parents were divorced and he lived with mom in a small row house in a Jewish community. . . .
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October 02, 2007 05:34 PM EDT --
Lately I find myself being drawn to people who might otherwise be invisible.
I was at a park the other day with my son. We sat at a picnic table, the fresh autumn breeze whispered by, as I spied . . .
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December 23, 2007 09:50 AM EST --
My Christmas Story
Everybody has one, a Christmas story that is.
Someone had asked me to write this story and so I shall. It is not an easy one for me to write but perhaps . . .
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March 14, 2008 03:16 PM EDT --
Okay so I will never be a ballerina.
Mostly my toes get used for lifting me up so I can see better in crowds as I am on the short side. Five foot two, eyes of blue, koochie koochie koo. Other than . . .
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November 20, 2006 04:49 PM EST --
I went out to lunch a couple of weeks ago. The restaurant was fairly filled. I sat and watched the people...a collage of faces. I listened to the hum of conversations interspersed with the clanking of . . .
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October 11, 2007 03:14 PM EDT --
This past Monday I had another MRI, this has been my fourth in my lifetime thus far. And it is best if I get used to them. The very first one I had was ten years ago and I was claustrophobic . . .
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May 06, 2008 08:01 PM EDT --
One of the first things to come to mind when I think about the topic of food is love. And as Mother's Day approaches I think about my mother and how she always showed her love through her edible gifts. . . .
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February 15, 2007 10:54 PM EST --
Most people, if you ask them, will remember their first love. I remember mine very clearly. In order to show you these images which are now decades old, we will have to go back in time.
We . . .
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