covid… Through the looking glass of life and illness, I watched humanity carry me through a pandemic! 17 Dec 202017 Dec 2020 Sometimes the narrative changes. It completely flips. The whole reality of reality goes up in a wisp of smoke and all that's left is a skeleton of experiences, lived and…
covid… 20 things that we should not say after 2020 24 Oct 202030 Oct 2020 1. Dark skinned women are beautiful: from a dark skinned woman to my light skinned sisters, please stop with these patronizing comments. I'm comfortable in my skin without your benevolent…
autism… 2020 as how (may be) my nonverbal autistic sees it….. 25 Sep 20209 Oct 2020 Everything I love is soft and silent, My cat, the morning, the end of day, Even the moon in its way Everything I love is soft and silent, The water,…
autism… The three states of matter on social media! 7 Aug 202012 Aug 2020 Social media swallowed me whole, chewed me up and spat me out in the last eight months of COVID. I have met more brainless google doctors than I had anticipated…
covid… 2020….. my reflections on a hallmark half a year so far 25 Jul 20207 Aug 2020 https://www.instagram.com/p/B6wSpkklmbJ/?igshid=fb58pukfptjy The above is my post from December 2019 on my Instagram. We had just come back about three weeks before this from a fantastic vacation in New Orleans and…
bias… Types of empathy and how empathy can help in the quest for social justice! 12 Jul 202018 Jul 2020 Social justice is the new slogan. We all want to embrace it and really advocate for it. It's almost a new addition to our vocabulary. And that's the best thing…
covid… COVID-19 and the trash bags on nurses as personal protective equipment! 10 Apr 2020 I watched the nurse who was in charge of my patient with COVID. She went in and out of the room as little as she could so as to limit…
covid… Florida parties while New York mourns. The incongruence of human behavior…. 2 Apr 20202 Apr 2020 As New York's death toll rises due to COVID-19, emergency personnel looks exhausted. From EMS to physicians to nurses to housekeeping staff and to morgue staff, there is exhaustion etched…
covid… Grieving our normal. 28 Mar 202029 Mar 2020 When I first heard of a novel coronavirus wreaking havoc in China in November 2019, I quickly perfunctorily read up on it and took a breath of relief. It was…
