It’s been a long winter. Just when it starts to feel interminable Mother Nature gives a glimpse of the promise of spring. Those days are to be savored like the sweet gift they are in Chicago. Recently on one such gift of a day I couldn’t wait to get outside for a walk. I was called to be near water so I headed for the river and one of my favorite green spaces, Ward (A. Montgomery) Park. I love the smaller scale and the view the park affords. It wasn’t until I started writing

My mom likes to say that I came into the world walking and then walked around the world. I came into this world feet first and three...

I’ve always had a love affair with words. It’s why I’m such an avid reader. From a young age I loved the ability of a book set my...

One of my favorite forms of expression is song. That’s why all my pieces take their name from one. Some song titles come to me as I’m...

My previous blog post details the fall that broke my ribs and the aftermath of that fall (see Falls So Hard). This post is going to focus...

I fall down. It is a fact of my life. I have spastic diplegia, the most common form of cerebral palsy, and because of that I walk pigeon...

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