IntrinsicTina

Today marks 16 years of marriage between my husband and myself. I'd like to think of it as a good marriage but it's been a mixed bag. Our early years were spent in mutual admiration and adoration. We rode motorcycles, logging miles all over Washington State, including Mount St. Helens, Mt. Rainier National Park, Hurricane Ridge in OlympicNational Park, as well as Crater Lake, Glacier National Park, and Canada. A memory, that I hold dear, is Rod and I riding double up on his black Harley "bagger", along with his brother, Stephen, on his white Honda Shadow, to the Carbon Glacier. A hot, early summer day drove us up to the cooler elevations of Mount Rainier to enjoy the breezes and wildflowers.We kicked about for awhile, clad in our leathers, until the day waned and cooled then headed back down the mountain. No traffic to speak of, we gently slalom down the roadway, wide, sweeping arcs and I lift my arms and imagine I'm flying. A delicious respite, freedom from t...

. I've long wanted to chronicle my own experiences regarding sex. I'm not exactly sure why because I'm certain it places me squarely in slut territory, and opens me up for criticism and shaming. However, experience has shown me that when tough things are lain upon my heart, and I obey, good things are generated, that somebody needs to hear, or read, exactly what I have to say. So, here goes...

Just read a meme on Facebook: Love your spouse more than you love your career, hobbies, and money. That stuff can't love you back.

68 I use a Tobii I-series I-15 Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) device to communicate 1-on-1 with people or in my blog. I've been using my tobii since 2013, three years and three months, to be exact. My AAC device can be used by touch or eyegaze, but I've always used the eyegaze feature since my hands went kaput back in 2012. Tobii is my main tool for communication since most people cannot understand my speech impediment.  Or more accurately, my unintelligible speech.  Specifically,  I use it to place phone calls to either my husband or for emergency use. I also use tobii to email, instant message on Facebook, social media, like Facebook, Twitter, PatientsLikeMe and Good Reads. I maintain a personal blog on Blogger which I devote a great deal of time to.  (Of course, you already know this if you're reading this post online.) Naturally, I must use tobii to communicate in real time for one-to-one conversations or for communicating in a group situation...