Dear Friends, I am so excited to be packing for Motormorphosis! Wow. I am so ready to be there already! That is all I have to share for now. I just had to express my excitement! Your Friend, Danny
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Happy Birthday to Tara!
Dear Friends, Well, today is special because it is my sister’s birthday! Tara is my blue skies, my fierce sister bear, my soulmate. She is a loving force for good. She is so soulful and mindful. She is also pretty smart for a neurotypicalish person. I couldn’t ask for a better personal assistant, manager andContinue reading “Happy Birthday to Tara!”
Poems from dear friends
Dear Friends, It has been a tiring week. But I want to share two poems that dear friends wrote for me when I broke my arm. They are also spellers and close to my age and they are in southern California. I so appreciated their instant compassion and their ability to speak to my feelings.Continue reading “Poems from dear friends”
Trying So Hard
Dear Friends, I am so thankful to you for your warm congratulations on my citizenship. I had a wonderful celebration with family and friends in our new back yard. The view was fantastic and the company even better! But dysregulation is back at me again. I am staving off the explosive rage and running around,Continue reading “Trying So Hard”
Happy Fourth of July
Dear Friends, Well, there is much to be disheartened by. The passage of that bill is so disappointing. Not surprising, but still disappointing. I am so sad and upset over it. It represents so much of what is wrong with this country, and its implications will be disastrous for many, including disabled people. So thatContinue reading “Happy Fourth of July”
My most precious person’s birthday
Dear Friends, I am so moved by your responses to my last post. Thank you for receiving my words. I am here to share lighter thoughts! It was my mom’s birthday this week. She is a sprightly seventy-six. I am so cherishing my life with her. We have a lovely home and routine. She isContinue reading “My most precious person’s birthday”
My Thoughts
Dear Friends, Well, I think some of you might not like what I have to say here. I know I once stated my desire to keep this page apolitical. That has been mostly what I have done. But it is hard to do so when my identity and existence and needs are entangled in politicalContinue reading “My Thoughts”
Out of Control
Dear Friends, Wow, I have had so little energy lately! The pain and healing take a lot. It is so draining. But that doesn’t mean that I have been calm. I actually have had tremendously explosive dysregulation. It is what caused this injury in the first place. And it has continued into my recovery. IContinue reading “Out of Control”
For my dad
Dear Friends, I am coping with my arm, but it is such a drain on my energy. It is a lot of work to heal I guess. Thank you for your continued supportive messages. It was recently the seventh anniversary of my father’s death. It is astounding to me how it has been so long.Continue reading “For my dad”
On regulation
Dear Friends, Well, an appropriate time to share our next All Our Brave Hearts episode, on the topic of regulation. I am very unhappy and uncomfortable with the broken arm. So these thoughts on regulation are timely, even though we recorded this three weeks ago. Read and/or listen here: https://allourbravehearts.substack.com/p/ep-22-the-work-of-regulation You can also listen onContinue reading “On regulation”