Living with the diagnosis, but not in it
We have so much news of friends, family, and God's goodness. Judy's health I am doing so well in general. We have peace, and God has been close, but it has been a time of mixed emotions. I am learning to live for today, to be grateful for every good gift (and there are many), and not to let motor neurone disease become my identity. R elationships are becoming more tender and beautiful. It is hard to find my voice and speech deteriorating. I love to chat, laugh and joke, and it is increasingly hard to be in a social situation with a large group. Leaving teaching has been hard, too, a mourning process, but gratifying to look back on nearly four decades of inspiring children. I'm picking up some consulting and editing work, already, so my passion and experience keeps going. I will stay involved, volunteering at the school here at Global Leadership Academy, helping the teachers who take my place. I am doing a thing called Voice Banking, where I record several hundred...