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Wheels On Down the Road

Disability Rights & Advocacy, Life & Perspective

Why Can’t Pants Just Fit?

A size should be a size. Every brand, every year, every time. So why isn’t it? On shopping in the boys department as an adult wheelchair user, keeping a reference chart just to buy pants, and why clothing sizing is… Read more →

06/06/26
Life & Perspective, Off the Beaten Path

The Song You Didn’t Hear

There’s a particular kind of magic that lives inside the best songs. Not the kind you notice right away. The kind that waits. I’ve been thinking about what it means when a song holds two truths at once, and what… Read more →

05/31/26
Life & Perspective

Watching Shrimp Videos and Doing the Math

I’m back in the YouTube rabbit hole of shrimp tanks. Five years ago I kept fish and shrimp, and eventually the cleaning got to be too much. Now I’m doing the same quiet math I do with every hobby and… Read more →

05/23/26
Life & Perspective

Wondering Who Would They Be

Today would have been Dempsey’s 10th birthday. Birthdays in grief do something different from anniversaries: they don’t mark what was lost. They mark what was never had. A reflection on the question I keep carrying, and the particular shape of… Read more →

05/11/26
Disability Rights & Advocacy, Life & Perspective

When the Bus Doesn’t Pull Up: Advocating from the Back of the Bus

Getting to a Minnesota United game shouldn’t be a whole thing. But between a bus that wouldn’t pull to the curb, construction barricades blocking the sidewalk, and a breakdown on the freeway, it kind of was. Sometimes even disability advocates… Read more →

05/02/26
Disability Rights & Advocacy, Life & Perspective

Grieving the End of The Things We Leave Unfinished

I finished The Things We Leave Unfinished at work yesterday and spent five minutes staring at my computer screen in shock before I could do anything else. There’s the normal end-of-book grief, and then there’s the kind that sends you… Read more →

05/01/26
Life & Perspective

What Do You Want Your Story to Say

The sudden passing of someone I once knew got me thinking about what I’d want my own story to say. So I sat down and wrote my own obituary. It’s harder than you think. Read more →

04/25/26
Disability Rights & Advocacy, Life & Perspective

You Only See a Snapshot: That’s Not Enough to Judge

You only get a glimpse. A moment. A snapshot of someone’s life. Before you judge a disability family for their choices. Read more →

04/12/26
Life & Perspective

That First Sip

It started as a quiet Saturday morning, a cup of coffee, and a splash of Irish cream. That first sip was divine — and then it went to my head. What followed was a reflection I wasn’t expecting. Read more →

03/28/26
Life & Perspective

Training for a New Winter Olympic Game (Apparently)

Winter has officially came back to Minnesota which means one thing: absolutely nothing is predictable. This morning, I confidently took the dog down the driveway for his usual morning bathroom break. The descent? Smooth. Controlled. Graceful, even. I briefly considered… Read more →

02/19/26

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