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In 2019 Joni & Friends asked me to write a guest blog for the future Disability in Mission section of their blog page. The page for that topic went live the third week of July ‘20. My blog posted as the next week’s entry. You can read it at https://www.joniandfriends.org/bad-legs/
June 27, 2020
There he was again. Kermit. Do you remember a few weeks back the tree frog I found on the wall side of a roll of toilet paper when I rolled out a couple sheets? I caught him, opened the door and put him on the patio. Gone.
May 20, 2020
Have you ever lived where babies screamed in terror when they saw you because of your pale skin, unlike that of everyone they know? Obviously this baby didn't.
July 25, 2015
I have discovered that some people think that because I am retired and (according to the government) not “gainfully employed,” and because Im disabled with little strength and energy, I don’t do much.
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May 2002
I don't know that Grandma had anything profound in mind when she gave me the piggybank. I was plus or minus ten years old. It was just a cute gift for her name-sake grandchild—and maybe a subconscious reminder of financial responsibility from this survivor of the Great Depression. On the other hand, maybe Grandma did have something deeper in mind. Boldly painted on the side of the piggy-bank is "For My Trip to Europe." Did Grandma pay special attention to those words, or was she just attracted to the cute pig? A mere four inches long, realistically it couldn't hold much money for such a trip.
May 1999
Are you familiar with Belgian horses? I don’t mean are you a first-name friend of one. I mean, do you know how BIG those animals are? No, they’re not the size of Clydesdales, the draft horses in the TV commercials. Belgians are bigger - but calmer. They are the gentle giants of the horse world. Last year I got acquainted with one.
