Memories
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 so sad just doing this post.