What traditions have you not kept that your parents had?

Just because something has been done for eons doesn’t make it right. We used to build using asbestos products. We used to heat our homes with coal. We used to put lit candles on Xmas trees. Just because something lives in your memories doesn’t make it good. There’s a reason why we’re losing our religion. We’re finally realizing that the people who are at the top of every religion are using our faith to control us. They’ve indoctrinated us since birth with magical thinking. There is no such thing as magic. Freedom comes with the knowledge of that. I recently wrote about voting for nostalgia. The political parties that use nostalgia in order to win your vote don’t want to add to your freedoms, but take your freedoms from you. Nostalgia is dangerous because it isn’t real. But it is powerful, and the parties that use it know that.

I prefer to use logical thinking to live my life. I’m not religious because I don’t like being controlled. I don’t vote for people who want to take my freedoms from me, choosing instead to seek out the people who want to add to my freedoms.

I’ll leave you with my favorite quote on freedom.

Man will never be free until the last king is strangled with the entrails of the last priest – Denis Diderot

Was today typical?

Actually, yesterday started a very atypical 4 day stretch in our condo . You see we’re having our floors replaced over the next 3 days and my husband and his friend had to move all of our things from our living room and dining room into our 2 bedrooms, where the floors will remain carpeted. My life is now taking place in our master bedroom. The vast majority of my life occurs in my comfy lift chair, and most of the rest of it is in my wheelchair when I need to visit the bathroom. My lift chair requires a certain amount of space in order to work properly and there simply isn’t a lot of space in the bedroom for both the lift chair and the wheelchair, but somehow the hubby has made it work. It’s a bit tricky getting to and from the bathroom in my wheelchair without hitting walls, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out by the time we move back into the living room 😉. Until then, this is my new world…

I can deal with it for the next 3 days, happily. Stay tuned for the after pictures of our beautiful new floors.

How would you describe yourself to someone?

Physically- thin woman with short dark hair who uses a power wheelchair.

Personality- ridiculously strong, independent woman with a good sense of humor, survivor, intelligent, generous to a fault with those she cares about, doesn’t give second chances easily, bruises easily, hurts deeply and will cut you off once hurt, doesn’t look back often ,judgmental. Terrified of getting close to people.

If you could bring back one dinosaur, which one would it be?

Im a cat lady. I’ve played with a 5 month old tiger. I’ve cuddled with a fully grown male lion. I even have an 11 pound Maine Coon mix of my own. So it’s not surprising that the dinosaur I would happily bring back is the saber toothed tiger. I can’t discriminate just because it’s got a dental issue. It’s still a kitty, and I would love it just as much .

What strategies do you use to maintain your health and well-being?

Three years ago, I had gained too much weight. I’m 59 years old, 170 cm in height, and have small bones and should weigh no more than 145 lbs. My usual weight is between 130 and 140 lbs, and I weighed approximately 180 lbs . If you expect a photo, don’t. Because I’m partially paralyzed and a wheelchair user, working out in order to lose weight isn’t really an option, so I lost the weight through portion control, I ate whatever I wanted, but in very small portions. But I went a bit too far, and last year, I weighed 125 lbs and looked far too thin and had no energy. Within the past year, I’ve gained 10 to 15 lbs, and it was harder than you might think. I gained the weight by eating an extra meal every day,but the meal was healthy food, like a salad or a fruit plate with a piece of bread and butter or some cheese, or peanut butter and jelly. It’s not so easy to put on weight in a healthy way when you’re used to depriving yourself of food in general.I finally feel good with my weight and better about my health in general, although I would like to be a little healthier and I’m working on it. The one exercise I can and will do is squats while holding onto a grab bar. I pull myself up from my wheelchair and then I sit down until I’m almost actually sitting, then I repeat the action 10 times focusing on my left or weaker leg, in order to strengthen the leg.

What would you change about modern society?

First, I would change the opinion of some men that women are lesser than themselves. Because it’s simply not true. Second, I would make it mandatory to be able to back up with actual evidence every claim of every product in the world… including religion. Third, not everything must be entertainment… that includes politics. Finally, I would really appreciate it if people were just nicer to and more patient with each other in general, focusing on our similarities because there are far more of them than there are differences.