Editor’s note: As promised, this Fall season brings us a new series called Managing Spoons in 2020. It’s been a heck of a year for many of us, so I decided to ask fellow Spoonies how they’ve been handling it. Always lovely to have you on the Spoonie Authors Network, Jamieson! Can you please introduce yourself … Continue reading
I hit a wall a few weeks ago. Not a literal wall — more a wall within myself — one that had neither substance or form, but was strong nonetheless. I hit the wall so hard that I hurt something within myself. I had ignored the warning signs and pushed forward until the wall within … Continue reading
I am my own worst enemy. I tend to spiral downwards when issues get to me, and I lose myself in the shadowy labyrinth. I know its walls very well and have wandered them for so long, they are a second home to me now. Looking back, I see spoons littering the dirt floor of … Continue reading
I had thought I would eventually stop writing poems. I only started writing them in the first place to quiet the words in my head that needed to be free, and wanted air so they could thrive. When I was struck with Multiple Sclerosis in 2013, I could only write a handful of words at … Continue reading
I have always written. Words are like breathing to me. They are my way of living life, of connecting with others, of engaging with myself. They are the way I’m able to achieve my dreams, albeit on paper. I was born with Spastic Cerebral Palsy. This causes some sort of pain twenty-four hours a day, … Continue reading
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