Durzo, I first read your post months ago. I apologize for not responding sooner. While I certainly empathize, I felt ill-equipped to make a sensible reply. But I forgot that empathy is what I needed to share with you. I agree that a therapist is a great idea. I've encountered some very nice people t...

The sun hasn't come up yet. 45 minutes ago, my arthritic, overweight mother called me, to ask me to wake my sister, the only one in our household of three who doesn't need a wheelchair. My mother needed help getting out of bed. By the time I'd gotten into my own wheelchair, and made it to Mother's b...

Please indulge me for a minute. I have a very fragile but narcissistic friend who calls me daily, and there are a few things I really want to say to him, but I don't want to hurt him (most of the time). so I just want to say them here: It's not in my nature to interrupt people, because I hate to be ...