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Welcome to my blog!
If you’ve talked to me in the last year, you know this blog has been a long time coming. If you’ve never met me (and even if you have) this post is for you.
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Four things I learned about myself in 2024
Oh my word this year was wild! I entered 2024 anticipating a cross-country move, but not knowing exactly where I would end up, or exactly when. At the end of February, I made the move via roadtrip with my dad and cat, and the year just took off from there.
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How books saved my life
Physical pain took up the most space in my life and every day was spent trying to minimize it. There was no making it stop so the question became how could I escape it? How could I put it in a box for an afternoon? An hour? Please God for just a minute?
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How I feel about 30
As I have come to realize that society and culture have purposely trapped its constituents in boxes according to age, I’ve come to fear growing older less and less. But that doesn’t make aging with chronic health conditions any easier, especially if…
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Writing my brain injury story for Instagram
Writing my story using the word count (less than 400) allotted by IG sounded way too hard, so I let myself free write the first draft with the intention of editing it until it met the requirements. The problem was I…
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How owning a pet has benefited my life as a disabled person
I wanted to adopt a pet to lighten my loneliness, and to have more than a stuffed animal for comfort. So yes, I adopted Simon for purely selfish reasons. And you know what? It’s worked out pretty well for us both…
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Making it to the ceremony: A wedding party guide for humans, especially those low on spoons
I’ve wanted to write a piece on weddings for a while now. Basically every time I’m in a wedding I think about writing a little guide for us low-energy, high-pain people. But even if you don’t fall into those categories, I think we could all use a little more prep when it comes to wedding…
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Recollections of a time in hospital
I felt as if my brain was working in slow motion. I couldn’t lift my head fully and I couldn’t make my body follow my brain’s commands. I remember trying to tell my friends what was going on, but my tongue and larynx would not cooperate. I think…
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What happened to me this year
There are times when everything feels like too much. I’m not talking about when there are one too many items on your to-do list or when your schedule is super busy. I’m taking about when the very idea of doing what brings you joy and purpose morphs into thoughts you can barely tolerate. When the…
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6.4.21
There were times when I was lying in bed, in too much pain to move, when I would imagine myself walking under that archway and strolling down Main Street, U.S.A. I would try to conjure all the sights and smells to keep my mind off the pain. “Think of the happiest things, it’s the same…
Elisa Jeannette 