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Winning and Losing

by Chloe - 29 July 2010

Every Sunday Alicia and I set aside several hours specifically to discuss our feelings. It’s what we do instead of going to church. In fact, for us it IS going to church. Today I went on a hike which exemplified and consolidated what we had discussed on the previous two Sundays. As usual, my hike is dripping with metaphors for BIID; but I’ll let you figure those out.

Flying High

by Chloe - 6 July 2010

Soon after I started following transabled.org, Claire posted "Weirdness at the Airport". "Wow!" I thought, "This woman has the balls of a mountain goat!" (Umm… ovaries maybe).

Outriggers

by Chloe - 14 April 2010

Assistive devices had made their way into every aspect of my life except for one. The time had come for my first adaptive skiing lesson.

Back Pain

by Chloe - 25 June 2009

I’m worried about my back pain. I’m worried that it’s going away.

I managed to keep significant back pain going throughout the ski season by giving my body quite a pounding every week. A few weeks after switching to hiking for the summer, I started to notice a difference. The back pain was gradually diminishing.

First Hike

by Chloe - 24 May 2009

It’s time for the first hike of the year. What will I think? What will I feel? I often have an intense internal dialog when I hike. It’s not that I’m insane. Right? I don’t say anything out loud. I don’t have multiple personality disorder. It’s just me talking to me. Everybody does it. Right? I’m not going to censor this.