Learning to Cope with Hearing Loss
I lived with my disability for five years before I found it existed. The comments started in high school. When I was in class and a friend would have to …
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Link Roundup: September 7th, 2018
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup every Friday and this is the seventh one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please …
Read More Link Roundup: August 31st, 2018
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup every Friday and this is the sixth one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please …
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Expectation vs. Reality
By Evelyn Benvie Artist statement: From my experience, when you have a chronic illness, everyone around you expects you to still just press on. Be the good little engine that could, …
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Medusa in the Emergency Room
By Cade Leebron Call me Curly-Q for the swirled snake IV line spiraling out of my upper arm. Nothing perfect ever ends, or that’s a lie I’m okay hanging out …
Read More Link Roundup: August 24th, 2018
Hi all! It’s Jay. I do a link roundup every Friday and this is the fifth one. If you encounter a link you think I might want to share, please …
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Equifinality
By Sarah Boon I have a three-inch scar on my left forearm, winding thin and white across my yellow-brown skin. The dog who gave it to me, with his childlike …
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Sugar, Sugar
By Annie Wood Annie Wood created “Sugar, Sugar” (part of the “Sugar” series) using mixed media, including Diabetic test strips. Find her at anniewood.com, Instagram, twitter, Facebook, and Pinterest. Contact her …
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Putting the Cart Before the Horse
By Nicole Storey I was a blackbird for Halloween when those shapeshifters came out of the terraforming colony and explained that destiny is only a mile away from the gas …
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