Category Archives: Bipolar

Neuroplasticity: it’d be so much easier if our brains were made from Play-doh

Posted on June 28, 2012 by

I’m poor. Constantly broke. I’ve lived in poverty my entire life. I was raised, first by a political collective of people who believed poverty was a virtue and an ideal, and then by a single mother who had no support … Continue reading →

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Hearing for the first time what I missed for four months

Posted on May 30, 2012 by

For the first time since January 24, 2012, I can hear out of both ears. It’s not perfect, but it’s really, really close. On January 25 I lost my hearing due to an infection. At its worst I had no … Continue reading →

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Fixing the things that have been broken

Posted on May 24, 2012 by

Tomorrow afternoon* I will be in the hospital for a quick procedure which, I’ve been told, will allow me to hear properly again. Eventually. I have some hearing in my left ear, but that’s like wetting the bottom of a … Continue reading →

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We need help.

Posted on May 3, 2012 by

We can’t afford to buy Evangeline a headstone. Not any time soon, anyway. We priced stones last week and the second smallest costs $900. It’s a flat stone measuring 24″x12″x4″, it’ll have her full name, her birth date and a … Continue reading →

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