- Those who believe me when I say "it hurts."
- The productive and supportive visit with my nurse practitioner.
- The availability of wheelchairs at the mall.
- The kind people at Lush who helped me spend money and leave with lots more than I expected.
- The kind woman who said she liked my slippers (I couldn't get into shoes because of the swelling.)
- The services available to students with disabilities.
- The understanding I receive from those I work with at school.
- My friends who made sure I ate, even when I didn't want to.
- The friends who helped me get to various appointments.
- The opportunities presented by my internship.
- The understanding of those I work with at my internship when I need to leave early.
- The kind woman at a workshop who helped me with food and knew the clock method of food description.
- Those who let me feel pride in small accomplishments.
- My mom's willingness to push me in the wheelchair today.
- Mom's help with groceries today.
- The fact that my ID picture isn't horrible.
- Sales.
- New meditation opportunities.
- The inside joke of "I think I need a Beegger box."
- Sandy's help
- The warm days earlier this week.
- Skype conversations about nothing and everything.
- Those who encouraged me this week when I'm not sure I can stand the pain one more second.
- Yogurt I like.
- Ginger Ale.
- The fact that Julio likes his house collar and I can tell where he is now.
- Julio's love for his new squeaky bone.
- The chances to smile at Julio's antics.
- The fact that Julio hasn't lost skills on escalators.
- Empathetic people.
- Chances to branch out and learn something new.
- Heat.
- Coffee
- Accessibility features I have the luxury of taking for granted.
- Those who faught to make it easy for me to forget that we didn't always have accessibility.
- Those who do the right thing with accessibility.
- ?Slippers which I can wear outside.
- Books
- My Stream
- Wireless keyboards
- Soft blankets
- Soft pants
- Those who teach without lecturing
- Medications, even when I wish I didn't need them.
- Search engines.
- Access to knowledge.
- Tegaderm, which makes bathing with a medication patch so much easier.
- The freedom to be as open or as ambiguous as I want about my health choices.
- Boundaries and the freedom to set and change them.
- Water.
- Tea
- Baileys
- Whipped cream
- Hot chocolate
- This blog.
- Those who understand when I am upset over small things, then miss the bigger picture.
- Those who gently remind me that I'm missing the bigger picture.
- Those who tell me not to stress over something I can't change.
- Each and every reader of this blog.
- Hope
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