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Disabled Chronicles, No.52

Disabled Chronicles, No.52

My feet hurt like I’ve been standing on them all day. They are swollen about the ankles, throbbing up the calves and the tops, where my new unbroken-in shoes bit into my puffy flesh, feel like white hot lava fire every time my nerves try to reconnect. The head of my...

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Different Horizons

Different Horizons

Spent my day getting acquainted with the law school, asking questions, testing my wit and meeting future colleagues. Life is a whole lot different than a year ago. Different horizons are opening up. I’m terrified and excited. Whooo! This is wild! [gallery columns="4"...

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Why I Spinraza

Why I Spinraza… why I keep fighting when it doesn’t make sense to, why I keep going - for these moments when I rise up and attempt something great. When these moments make me feel like Me  

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Disabled Chronicles, No.2k

Disabled Chronicles, No.2k

I still get insomnia the week leading up to it. Still have to take extra care to prep myself in the morning before I go. Still talk myself through the anxiety of what I’m about to do. The bigness, hasn’t waned for me. The dangers haven’t diminished either. Every time...

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Elevate Relaxing Sleep

Elevate Relaxing Sleep

Hey Fam I started a Youtube channel dedicated to sounds to help with sleeping and I’d love it if you’d pop over, subscribe and hit the notification bell to be alerted when I post. The name of the channel is Elevate Relaxing Sleep:...

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Disabled Chronicles, No.2j1

Disabled Chronicles, No.2j1

With this current Spinraza injection, for the past week, it’s felt like I’ve gone jogging… ALL.NIGHT. When I wake up in the mornings, my legs, from my hips to my ankles are just worn out! Imagine my horror at then having to do physical therapy Every movement of my...

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Disabled Chronicles, No.2j

Disabled Chronicles, No.2j

His dark colored suit was still buttoned beneath the teal lead apron that was haphazardly thrown across the front of his body. I knew this because I could see the buttons straining to keep the expensive fabric cinched together while his elbows did a poor job of...

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Widow Cliquot & The Law Student

Widow Cliquot & The Law Student

I purchased that bottle of sparkling apple cider to ring in the year of 2021. But it wound up being a somber time and thus no celebration. I told Bestie when I applied to law school that we’d break it open upon hearing if I got accepted, to toast in my life ‘upgrade’...

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Luxury of Failing – Reprise

Luxury of Failing – Reprise

So… about that quintessential Sandra thing I said I didn’t get chosen for a few weeks ago?! It’s come home to roost. I begin law school Fall 2022. I’m still shocked I got in. Fam…!!! I’m gonna be a WHOLE JD!!! WHAT?!...

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Pressure

Pressure

111/77 I couldn’t take my blood pressure pill this morning cause my next step after taking it would have been to call the ambulance right before I passed out. I don’t have any recent memory of my blood pressure being this low?! This has been as a result of: 1. Moringa...

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#WhitePeople

I’m gonna need #WhitePeople to get it together. WHY would you come into a HOSPITAL in the middle of a pandemic, by-pass all the safety protocols, ignore all the masked people handing you a mask as you enter, head straight for the info desk and then have the AUDACITY...

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Luxury of Failing – Practical Application

Luxury of Failing – Practical Application

I tried something quintessentially ‘Sandra’ - I applied for something but in the end, didn’t get chosen. I got the news yesterday. In a year rife with loss, today, so far? I’m feeling pretty great. This thing wasn’t tied to my ability to ‘eat’ or live or exist. It...

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