Ataxia

 One of my favorite Christmas gifts was a service that digitizes your old photos or videos to the format of your choice.  I sent pictures and had them put on DVD so I could import the photos into my library. A big challenge (unless you have unlimited funds) is choosing which photos to send.  That required going through photo albums that I haven’t looked at in forever. Lots of those pictures were from my pre-ataxia days.  Pictures of me skiing.  Pictures of me working.   Pictures of a whole different life. I grieve the loss of that life.  (Sidebar:  I used to be sadder at the loss of my teaching career.  But I live in Florida, the epicenter of telling teachers what they can say.  I taught at the college level and used to have a post-surgical trans woman come in to speak and answer questions.  No grooming.  Just information.  I could not do that today.  I don’t miss teaching.) Ataxia is a THIEF!  And it SUCKS! I am...