The Filament Blog

Making Friends With My Petty Side May 31, 2023

I was sitting at the gym the other day when I looked over and saw someone using the dumbbells directly in front of the rack, blocking everyone else from using them. Annoyed, I thought, “Oh, I...

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Empowered and Afraid May 23, 2023

I really don’t think we can have the lives we want without developing a working relationship with fear.

 

I hate that this is true, actually, because fear is uncomfortable. I want to...

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My Body IS My Work Apr 20, 2023

I sat in my wheelchair, one leg crossed over the other, as I waited for my spinal cord doctor to enter the sunlit room. I hadn’t seen him in over a year and was eager to ask the questions...

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Secure Your Own Oxygen Mask Apr 13, 2023

If you have ever flown on an airplane, you know that there is a safety presentation before each takeoff. Flight attendants make their way to the aisles to gesture along to the voiceover...

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Why I’m A Mess Mar 29, 2023

Sometimes I spend an entire week thinking about what I would like to write about in this blog. Other times, something is so obvious and in my face that I have to drop everything and just write.

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The Fear Jar Mar 01, 2023

I stared at the crisscrossing colored lines of the NYC subway system on my phone screen. It never ceases to intimidate me - not just because the system itself is complicated, but because I have to...

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Why I Stopped Moisturizing My Legs - And Why I Started Again Feb 22, 2023

I started swimming my sophomore year of high school. In just a few days of being immersed in chlorinated water for several hours a day, I noticed that my skin felt tight and itchy (living in the...

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You Make Me Feel Normal Feb 14, 2023

I recently got coffee with a lovely man I met a few years ago while living in NYC. I got to the coffee shop before he did, occasionally glancing out the windows at the busy street outside as I...

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Pain and Pleasure Feb 01, 2023

I woke up in the middle of the night feeling like my hands had been injected with gasoline. I lay awake, rubbing my hands on the cool plastic rails of my hospital bed as I tried to relieve the...

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Living For Living’s Sake Jan 25, 2023

I was living in New York City during the summer of 2019 when I received an unexpected call on the phone from someone who introduced herself as the head of the policy team on Andrew Yang’s...

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What’s The Real Problem Here? Jan 12, 2023

I bought my house in Utah sight unseen in 2021. I had been working with a real estate agent for months and we hadn’t found anything that would work for someone who uses a wheelchair. This was...

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9 Years of Paralysis - Building a New Home Jan 05, 2023

I used to live in the skies.

I spent my days flying through the air, rocketing through the great blue. The thrill of flying is something I miss - the feeling of accelerating into the heavens, pure...

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