365 Days with Disability – #365dayswithdisability – is the Instagram-based photo project that seeks to normalize disability, one gloriously mundane photo at a time!
Read the posts below – this one in particular – for more information about 365 Days with Disability and how to participate, then scroll further down to see a sampling of some of the photos hash tagged #365dayswtihdisability on Instagram.
September 5th
(prefacing to say that I can’t bear to read this out loud right now. I am sorry) ___________ September 5th 2016 Dana was declared brain dead on September 4th, and this is why September 4th was the date noted on his death certificate, not September 5th. We did not know this at the time though, or …
September 4th: Labor Day
September 4th, 2016 My mom reached out to me while I was sitting in the hot tub on the morning of September 4th, staring at the rust-red wall in front of me without seeing anything. My mom said that the doctors had done another test on Dana and they declared him brain dead. I was …
September 3rd: The Family Meeting
September 3rd, 2016 With everyone arriving in Redding and needing to be with Dana, I stayed at the hotel, mostly in the jacuzzi. My husband was there, so for the first time, I had the chance to simply breathe and be in the moment and not feel the constant hum in the back of my …
September 2nd: Silence
September 2nd, 2016 I went through the windshield of a car when I was 4 years old. An event of great magnitude, it shaped my life and yet it was one of silence. It was peaceful. I am sure that in the moment, at the time, it was a tornado of twists and energy, but …
What is Medicare?
Continuing with the Medicare Series (See all the posts here: https://www.meriahnichols.com/medicare) This post has linked headings, so you can browse the title in the Table of Contents below and go straight to what you want to learn. In This Post You Will Find:What is Medicare Exactly?Where Does the Money for Medicare Come From?What are the …
September 1st
September 1st, 2016 We headed straight for the ICU as morning came on September 1st. That was a double BOB stroller, incredibly large and incredibly useful. I put all of their snacks, devices, games, clothing changes in that thing and never had to worry about needing to carry them if they fell asleep. The waiting …
August 30th and 31st: Through the Fog & Back to Redding
August 30, 2016 Micah and Moxie were going to school. I see my husband in the photo on the right, taking Moxie to the truck, and I see Micah standing on the hill by where we parked the trucks. I must have walked them to the truck to see them off. I don’t remember. It’s …
August 29th: On the Lost Coast Part 2
August 29, 2016 There was a lot that I loved about the Lost Coast, and the little school there was one of them. I called it “The Best School Ever” on my blog, and I meant it. There was so much that was great about it. I was positive that Dana was going to wake …
August 28th: On the Lost Coast
As with this series, the diary accounts of each day come from my photo roll, the photos that I took on that day… August 28, 2016 We lived on the Lost Coast of California. The Lost Coast is a stretch above Fort Bragg and below Eureka, in which Highway 1 was circumnavigated around the coast …
August 27: Back to the Yurt
August 27, 2016 I wrote this blog post on August 27: I lost it yesterday morning. I mean, I really lost it. Moxie was hiding inside the dresser drawer, scarfing down popcorn after I told her countless times to get ready so we could go downstairs (in the hotel) and get breakfast (which would be over in …
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