“Oh, the humanity,” cried Herbert Morrison, as he watched in horror as the giant airship, the Hindenburg, burst into flames at its mooring. The year was 1937, and Morrison’s words still echo down the decades. As the disaster unfolded in front of him, Morrison exclaimed, “…it’s falling, it’s crashing! Watch
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THE CAREGIVERS' LIVING ROOM - A Blog by Donna Thomson: When Normal Isn’t Normal: A Trip to the Dentist
My son Nicholas has been seen by a dentist many times, but he’s never really had his teeth examined. He’s never had a dental x-ray and he’s never had his back teeth scaled and polished. Nick has severe cerebral palsy and for him, that means he has an uncontrollable bite
Continue readingMelissa Fong: Let me hate my body if I want to
“Or maybe me loving my body is about you. And how you feel about how I feel about my body. If I tell you that “I love my body. I love my freckles. I even love my sagging ass because it’s on my body.” You’ll pat me on the back
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