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Category Archives: The Nitty-Gritty
Taking Care- Personal Care Assistants, Care Taking and the Husband-Wife Relationship
Perhaps the bigger question is how we define care taking in a marriage. We would argue that there are many other forms of taking care of each other in our marriage. Continue reading
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Discerning the Path Toward Adoption
It was important that each of us be respectful about where the other one was in the process. Now we have come to the place where we both would love to have children and begin the process immediately, but we are working on the list to make sure we go through the home-study without major hurdles to Barton’s disability. Continue reading
The Healthy Cripple
At one time or another, we will all be healthy cripples. Continue reading
Training Practicality
In training with Barton, it’s not so much what you do see and more of what you don’t see. Barton plays with angles, timing and distance in addition to all of the fun and pointy parts of his wheelchair. Continue reading
Riding the Waves Together Without Falling Apart
It takes a lot of coordination and a constant reminder to stay open, and above all, a fundamental belief that no matter what, we will be okay. And that foundation is how we have learned to soar. Continue reading