by Kate | Mar 18, 2008 | Uncategorized
>When my daughter, Alexis, was about three, she rode a variation of a merry-go-round. As she came towards where I was sitting, I would wave at her. “Are you going to wave every time?” my husband, Ralph, asked. “Yes,” I said and I did. There are...
by Kate | Mar 4, 2008 | Uncategorized
>It’s a hard time of year and a hard year.In Minnesota, the below-zero wind chills (and temperatures) are over-staying their welcome. I can look out my window and see a snow pile five feet high. I’m ready for the return of warmth. I’m ready to be rid...
by Kate | Feb 19, 2008 | Uncategorized
>Warning: this post concerns incontinence, a subject that disturbs some people. It disturbs me, too, but I’m in the process of convincing myself that we human beings could support each other better if we talked about it.So I’ve been telling people about...
by Kate | Jan 22, 2008 | Uncategorized
>For the past week, I’ve been driving (off and on) an Invacare wheelchair. As promised by the Rehab Specialist, this model addressed many of my earlier frustrations.The mid-wheel drive made the chair much easier to steer (even with a joystick) and made for a...
by Kate | Jan 8, 2008 | Uncategorized
>Almost thirty years ago, in Professor Wu’s Chinese Philosophy class, I fell in love with the Confucian idea of corrective action moving from the personal to the global. First you change yourself. That changes your family, which changes your village, which...
by Kate | Dec 18, 2007 | Uncategorized
>Last Thursday, Shawn, the Rehab Specialist, loaned me a Permobil C300 wheelchair to try for four days.The idea of switching from the scooter to a wheelchair came from a phone conversation with a driving specialist at Courage Center. Earlier this year, I fell...
