Well, not exactly. But! The beloved blog owned by the National MS Society will sunset on September 30, 2020 because the platform the website is built on will no longer be supported by the vendor. The blog will be rehomed, but not all posts will migrate. If there's an article of mine (or articles authored …
Well. What a year 2020 is turning out to be. Who could've guessed we'd be simultaneously facing a global pandemic and one of the largest civil rights movements in our history? I suppose it was just a matter of time. And it's about time. So here we are. The wounds of healthcare, the workforce, and …
Continue reading What You Can Do To Help If You Have A Disability (and even if you don’t!)
I'm almost embarrassed to admit that the past 23 days (and counting) of COVID-19 isolation haven't been wildly different than most days for me. On a typical pandemic-less day, isolation is not foreign. I conserve my energy. I avoid crowds. I am mindful of the things around me that can make me and keep me …
Continue reading You Do Not Care What Happens To People Like Me.
It's cold out. The sky: gray. The air: crisp. The leaves: moribund. Don't get me wrong. I love fall just as much as any other basic white girl. In fact, I'm sipping on a spiced latte as I type this. See? But I get anxious as autumn rolls around--not because of the ten months of …
Kind of. Some of you, especially those following me on Facebook and Instagram, may have noticed a shift in It's Only A Bruise content over the past couple months. My plan was to wait to formally draw attention to it, but something happened today that made me want to do it sooner. More on that in a …
it's only a bruise. 