Yesterday was one of those days. You know, THOSE days. The ones where nothing seems right and everything has a side of wrong with it. I went through countless mini-travel-size packages of Kleenex Ok. You can count them. I went through six. SIX! I made with the feeling sorry for myself. I made it hard. [...]
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just think, the name could be “snot and farts”
There wasn’t much that went into the name Free Anissa. A long time ago my Twitter account got suspended because it got hacked and they thought I was a spammer. I asked a few friends to tweet that I wasn’t a spammer, and……yeah. Let’s just say the hashtag #freeAnissa started out with no deeper meaning [...]
1001 reasons why they call it a “Genius Bar” and why they’ll never hire me
I managed to have a big weekend. One of those weekends where you consider going to bed and hiding. Forever. With Oreos. FIRST, I had to get the backup for my laptop because I needed to access some picture. Since we recently moved the office downstairs, it meant that we had moved the Time Capsule [...]
capturing the moon and stars can be a full-time job
There was a time when I wanted the moon and stars. I still want the moon and stars, but maybe they’ve changed a bit. Maybe the moon just ain’t what it used to be. And maybe the stars never shined so bright. Arm Progress 7/10/10 from Anissa Mayhew on Vimeo. That is literally the FIRST [...]
do people comment because they have things to say or they feel they have to?
There has been a strange sense of wondering if I should be telling this part of my story. What’s healing for me and therapeutic in telling may not be what most want to read. Granted, some understand and some get what is going on in my head. But I wonder how many are really tired [...]
when did my life become a Lifetime movie starring Valerie Bertonelli?
I read a few of the blog posts I’d written. They were brutally honest and truthful. When I tell about handicap and disability my words are always real and to-the-point. Unfortunately, it’s as depressing as hell. I was reading about our life with it’s falls, it’s emotional up-and-down, my moods. I felt sorry for us!! [...]
nothing says summer like a blow-up, too-short, backyard pool
We got a pool for the kids to enjoy. Something they could enjoy that would be cool and comfy and chase the worst of the summer heat away. A pool! YAY!!! That the kids can’t get in! YAY!! Well, that wasn’t very smart, was it? I can never be their supervising ADULT with the pool [...]
if i could dance you can bet i’d be doing something innapropriate
You probably heard the news. Unless you lived in a cave, worked under a rock, or ate bran flakes for dessert (which is just inhumane), you probably heard me going crazy with excitement. Early in the morning, I was taken aback when I thought I felt the blanket against my foot…my right foot. That’s the [...]
the one where i post a little about the difference between pretty and beautiful
Today I sent my child to school in a cheerleader uniform. It was tan and green and had forest green spanky pants. It wasn’t an outfit for school, most would think. It was a get-up only a kindergartner could love. She felt beautiful. In a few years she’ll be too old and “mature” to wear [...]
i’m having a party. the pity variety that comes with choice of whine
“Can I?” A phrase the people that know me best are sick of hearing. They tell me not to ask for permission, they’re not used to it. Just a few month ago I had a whole different existence. I didn’t have choices to make. I was lucky to be alive and they let me know [...]
my first steps of independence, but i only have one leg that works, so its the faceplant of indepedence
Last night my oldest daughter had a sleepover and our son was home late from an outing. It meant our youngest was an only child for a while. It was torture, clearly. So to make up for it we offered her the kind of reward only possible at Chick Fil A. Waffle Fries. Yay!!! But, [...]
what they don’t tell you in charm school: boogers can always open doors for you.
Some people might laugh at our ambitions. They can seem like a lot, to say the least. Peter brought up the idea of a home makeover when i had the first stroke in 2005. But it seemed silly. We thought about applying when we found out our daughter had cancer in 2006. But I was [...]
when i am superman i can fly. and bake. and knit.
I’ve been reading what others wrote about me. People wrote some really nice stuff. They thought I was incredibly nice and inspiring. They thought I was full of hopeful dreams and bright beliefs. They thought I was sweet and loving. They were wrong. I rub body parts and demand nudity. I believe there is no [...]
About Anissa
Erma Bombeck said something that pretty much defines my approach to life.... "When I stand before God at the end of my life, I would hope that I would not have a single bit of talent left, and I could say, "I used everything you gave me." If you switch the word TALENT for LOVE or LAUGHTER or HAPPINESS....it still stands.
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