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Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: What kind of person are you: 1 of 47

-From Wife to Caregiver: For Better or Worse I felt anger rising up in my chest. This was a new sensation, a burning, fierce sensation. I'd liken it to a reaction after eating a too-hot Jalapeno pepper. It wasn't mad anger, and maybe it wasn't even anger at all. Maybe it was more a surge of frustration but honestly, why was ...
Society & Lifestyle > Society & Lifestyle (Other) Disabled people in society: 1 of 21

Is it Really Handicapped-Accessible? Attach a wheelchair ramp and widen a door and you have met the requirements for being handicapped accessible, so think some. Despite the fact that the American Disabilities Act (a.k.a. ADA) was passed in 1990 to provide clear, strong, consistent, enforceable standards addressing discrimin...
Creative Writing > Memoirs My second chance at life: True stories about facing death: 57 of 154

My First Dead Body I selected nursing as a career, I chose to work as a nurse's aide while attending school, I made a commitment to be good at what I did, and I was eager to learn everything I could whenever I could. Anxiety would flood my body with every new experience, but it never prevented me from volunteering for the ne...
Creative Writing > Satire Satire: Airport security: 9 of 13

The Airport Pat-Down Lights were flashing and sirens sounding in my imagination that morning at the airport check-in counter. Airport security had just pulled me out of line apart from everyone else. It had been 10 years and 35 pounds since my last plane ride and this had never happened before. It certainly hadn't happened t...
Creative Writing > Reflections Reflections: Suicide: 42 of 55

What Was I Thinking? We had been home from the spinal cord rehab facility almost 5 weeks. The house modifications that were supposed to be finished had barely been started. The rehab discharge team let us go home because the handicapped-accessible bathroom was finished and the bed re-located to the living room (which made it...
Creative Writing > Memoirs Memoirs: Summer memories: 53 of 59

Wisdom Increases With the Size of the Butt We tested our bravery in a variety of ways. There were jumping events, climbing competitions, breath holding stunts, massive eating and drinking contests, and acrobatics just to name a few. These were all rituals we would put ourselves through on a daily basis. They were designed to...