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Anissa Mayhew

when you know you suck but you can’t really help it

on July 21, 2010 in things i have to do differently

It’s hard when you’re offered something you’d like to take advantage of, but you have to figure out the right way to tell them that you’re in a wheelchair.  Do you tell them casually, pretend that everyone knows, and it’s no big thing. Or do you say it sort of pointedly so there is no [...]

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don’t make me smack the &$@%^#! out of you

on July 20, 2010 in Kerfluffle

Someone shared news with me and I was happy for them. Happy with them. Someone else was the voice of unhappiness and they grumbled the slightest bit. They grumbled just enough for me to realize that it was true.  They were snarky JUST long enough for it to feel sincere. They let me hear the [...]

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days that i wish i didn’t have to be nicer than this

on July 19, 2010 in The stuff that sucks

Days like this I wish I had a woobie. Something soft and cuddly that would take all the bad away. Bad feelings.  Bad emotions.  Bad moods. Bad hurts. Because the hurt is bad tonight. Some days I’m tired of being a trooper..being a good little fighter. Some days I just feel like lying down and [...]

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can you tell the difference in something by its sound?

on July 18, 2010 in things that make me stronger

SNAP! That sound can be good or bad. Panics sets in because I can’t see what happened. But I heard the sound. The very loud sound. SNAP! My mouth said it, and I wasn’t sure why. I felt around my mouth with my good hand and …something felt different. With things the way they were [...]

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being happy that i can still find that person

on July 17, 2010 in things that make me happy

There’s a place where I go and get to not be handicapped-Anissa for a while.  I go there and I get to be a little more the person I used to be.  It’s healing.  It teaches me to let go and just be the me that I want to be. If slower. And not quite [...]

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i did what i never do but had to do today

on July 15, 2010 in I can't make this stuff up

This is where I’m supposed to tell you thing that might be sad.  This is also the place where I can brag when my body decides to do something new. Sometimes this is where I get to share something funny. Today this place gets a new purpose. It’s where I plot someone’s painful and untimely [...]

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