by joanborton | Disability, Instructions for Life, Lessons Learned
The trip was going well. We were fifteen hours from home and only two and a half hours from our destination when we took a lunch break. I was in line to get our food when another traveler asked me if I owned the silver handicapped van in the parking lot. That was not...
by joanborton | Caregiving, Disability, God's love, Hope, Peace
The day started a bit unusual for a Monday. Jerry went out to appointments. I did some work around the house, getting all the trash and recycling out to the bins for their evening trip to the curb. I’d never gotten it all together that early in the day. Continuing to...
by joanborton | Lessons Learned
Several years ago, Jerry and I experienced a sudden and unexpected loss in our lives that turned our world upside down. Navigating the pain was long and hard. When we took our eyes off ourselves, we realized there were others going through a similar situation or were...
by joanborton | Uncategorized
My countdown is on to the end of my radiation treatments. Five sessions left out of thirty-one. Mostly, the treatments have not been difficult to handle. And the team who administers them are compassionate and friendly. I’m just ready to be done. This entire cancer...
by joanborton | Uncategorized
Halfway There As a kid, when we went on a road trip, my sister or I would invariably ask our parents, “Where are we?” Or “How long till we get there?” Just as predictably, our parents would answer “Closer than we ever were.” At some point, we set those five words to a...
