#SOMETHING LIKE STORYSPACE PLUS#

I was editing the podcast when the first earthquake happened. Only three of the genes are even studied and known for how they work in the body and development. We don’t have the benefit of knowing exactly how, though, because she was the first case her geneticist is aware of missing this exact segment of DNA code. She’s missing 9 genes, and it turns out, that has an impact on how she develops. Months later, we got the results of her genetic testing. The initial admission for dehydration turned into a two week stay – including a surgery to put in her feeding tube. It forced us to take her to the hospital. Despite being in the doctor’s office every 1-2 weeks, and being diagnosed as failure to thrive, her physicians never got beyond trying to calm her frightened parents. She spent her first year and a half trying to tell us things weren’t ok. She gets frustrated when all her effort still can’t make her words work. She pushes her tongue around unfamiliar sounds, and mashes words together in ingenious ways, just to make her little soul known. She stomps into speech therapy seven times a week. Suddenly, my insensitivity isn’t funny any more. They push into a space meticulously designed for typically abled people, and keep coming back, hungry for the chance, working for growth, cherishing the community. This environment doesn’t understand their tubes, prepare roads for their amazing minds, accommodate their wheels and equipment and seizures. They ride it every day, into a world made for everyone but them. The strongest people in my life ride a short bus. It’s not the only ableist insensitivity I’m ashamed of in my life.

I used to reference riding the short bus to make fun of myself, or tease others, or to express frustration with their choices and actions. Being content with what is? Like, right now? You mean, instead of trying to fix it?īut what if “what is”, you know, sucks? Read More → “Santosha means finding contentment with what is happening right now, even if it’s hard or negative.” “It’s not about being happy – that’s a different thing,” my instructor explained that first day of January. I’ve always thought of myself as a pretty happy person, so I wasn’t sure what lessons I’d be able to glean from this particular focus. Santosha is a Sanskrit word that can be loosely translated to mean “contentment”.

On the first day of the challenge, my instructor talked about santosha which was the studio’s focus for the month of January.

In my typically action-oriented way, I reasoned that keeping busy would help me: create a distraction, give me something else to focus on rather than playing and re-playing scenarios in my head.Īnd it has helped – immensely, actually, but not always for the reasons I anticipated at the beginning. The challenge? To take 60 studio classes, in two months (59 days, since February is a short month, but who’s counting?).

#SOMETHING LIKE STORYSPACE PLUS#

Maybe that’s partly why, after a rough holiday that included your typical divorced-parent stressors and regrets, plus the unexpected addition of a sudden and painful breakup, I dove headlong into a New Year’s challenge at my yoga studio. I’ve never met a problem I can’t hustle my way out of.Īt least, that’s what I’ve always told myself. I launched a writing career in my early 20s, while raising a houseful of small children published several books by the time I was 30, and have re-invented myself through hard times and career shifts more times than I can count. 'And that hasn't changed.For most of my adult life I’ve self-identified as a butt-kicker. 'It's not the fact that it's connected, it's the fact that it's in close proximity to,' he said. 'I think we're starting to see locations where we're having multiple tenants in more vertical buildings, and I think that's certainly something that as we watch our population increase, and decisions that we're making about vertical mixed use as opposed to horizontal mixed use, it's certainly something to be considered.'īut Councilman Greg Fox, who chairs the Liquor Board, said he didn't see enough difference between the two proposals to warrant a hearing. 'In our history, we've seen a lot of horizontal strip malls all over the place,' she said. 'Some things may have changed whether or not those changes are then enough to grant the license, I don't know, and I don't think we have to make that decision tonight.'Ĭouncilwoman Mary Kay Sigaty said the proposal should be considered in the context of Columbia's changing design and demographics. 'The fact that we're having this much conversation, there obviously might be worth having broader conversation about it,' said Councilman Calvin Ball. Liquor Board members voted 4-1 to send the application back to the Alcoholic Beverage Hearing Board for consideration.

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