As a person with a disability, who has been wheelchair-bound for the last four years, I have a very special reason for mourning the loss of Senator Edward M. Kennedy. Senator Kennedy was the . . . more
"Actually, I wish I could move to Denmark!! LOL.basically, I have all I need medically. I wish I could say the same socially. I thought we all had people in our lives who loved us unconditionally. I expressed . . ." more
"This was so interesting. Oprah just did a show about the Danes and why they are the happiest people on earth, and I can see why. Perhaps you told me, so forgive me for asking again but I have a lot on . . ." more
I have ALS/Lou Gehrig's Disease, so I had to give up a teaching career, travel, and most of my friends and relationships with people who "don't know what to say", find my illness distasteful, don't want to think it could have been s/he, are suddenly "too busy", or any other hangup or excuse they might have conjured up to rationalize their distance. On the other hand, I have chosen to live with ALS, not prepare to die.
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Fern, I know I don't write, I don't call, I don't send money. How are you? They think it's fibromyalgia, but I think I will find out in about a week or so. Have a great one! Chana
