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Author Archives: Jamieson Wolf
Fear/Love
I think I frightened my husband last night. Lying in bed, waiting for sleep to claim me once again, my entire body spasmed at once. I know I shook the bed, that my husband felt me shake. I don’t think … Continue reading
Abled Not Disabled
Cerebral Palsy is not a disease. A few people have been sending me emails and leaving comments on this blog and I am thankful beyond words that my words have moved them to do so. It’s still a bit bizzare … Continue reading
Pride on the Wind
I have not blogged lately. This is mostly because I have been on vacation and have been hard at work on the memoir. My legs, however, have not been on vacation, regardless of what the rest of me is doing. … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, Muscles, Spasms
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A Guessing Game
My legs are talking again. I can feel them throbbing with the want to scream their lungs out. If legs had lungs that is. Their conversation is particularly loud today as I make my way to work. My left leg … Continue reading
Posted in Muscles, Spasms, swelling, Walking
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Heel Toe Get Up and Go
Today it is my feet that are bothering me. I can’t seem to walk properly today; I don’t know why this is. I feel like I have clown feet today, cripple feet. I go to take a step and find … Continue reading
Posted in Muscles, Walking
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Blue Blood Words
I have been quiet lately. This has been mostly due to the fact that I am fighting off a small bout of depression. It’s as if there is a blueness around me that I can breathe in. It wants to … Continue reading
Posted in Memoir, self esteem, The Past, Words
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A Broken Connection
I like to think that my legs are talking. While writing the other day, I remembered the old story my mother told me: That my brain was like a hub where all the telephone operators were. All the veins and … Continue reading
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Mirror Me
I’ve been looking at myself in the mirror a lot lately. I wonder, however briefly, how someone can love someone that looks like I do; knobby knees and legs that are too long. Muscles that spasm and shock the body, … Continue reading
Posted in self esteem, Spasms
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Beautiful Skin
Today my legs are made of stone. I can feel them dragging. They are heavier than usual and I wonder how I could not have noticed before. I touch my calf muscles and there is no give there, there is … Continue reading
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Falling Forward
I like to think that when we walk, we are in a constant state of falling. Think about it: We take a step, we are falling. We take another step, we are falling. The only thing that stops us from … Continue reading
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Two Steps at a Time 